There’s still a chance to become a multi-millionaire as the Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb. With no winners from Friday’s drawing, the prize has surged to an estimated $800 million, with a cash option of $401.8 million, for Tuesday’s draw.
The winning numbers from Friday were 6, 23, 41, 59, 63, and the Mega Ball was 25. The jackpot for Friday’s drawing was $740 million, with a cash payout of $366.3 million.
Tuesday’s drawing will feature the game’s seventh-largest jackpot, trailing only six jackpots that exceeded $1 billion. The last jackpot win occurred on June 4 in Illinois, totaling $552 million.
Since that win, 27 drawings have taken place, resulting in 20.7 million winning tickets, including 57 second-tier prizes of $1 million or more. Friday’s drawing saw six $1 million tickets, and one ticket sold in Ohio is worth $2 million after selecting the optional Megaplier. Forty-nine other winners matched third-tier prizes of $10,000, with 10 of those opting for the Megaplier, doubling their winnings.
Over 1.6 million winning tickets were sold in Friday’s drawing. Earlier this year, two Mega Millions jackpots were won: a $1.128 billion prize in the March 28 drawing, and a $221 million Powerball ticket sold in July.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be on Tuesday, September 10, at 11 p.m. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24, while the odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
