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The sixth-largest Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.13 billion was won following the March 26, 2024, drawing, in which one winning ticket was sold in New Jersey. The seventh-largest Mega Millions jackpot advertised as $640 million at the time of the drawing (annuitized) or $462 million (cash value), was drawn on March 30, 2012.
Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed. Thirteen Mega Millions jackpots have been won in December since the game began in 2002.
In 1868, after years of illegal operation, the Louisiana State Lottery Company obtained a 25-year charter for its state lottery system. [3] The charter was passed by the legislature due to immense bribing from a criminal syndicate in New York. [3] The Louisiana Lottery Company derived 90% of its revenue from tickets sold across state borders. [3]
Mega Millions plays are $2 each unless the Megaplier option is chosen (such games are $3 each.) The minimum jackpot in Mega Millions is $40,000,000. Mega Millions began in 1996 as The Big Game. Six years later, the New York and Ohio lotteries joined simultaneously on May 17, 2002; the game was temporarily rebranded The Big Game Mega Millions.
More than 140,000 other tickets sold in New York won prizes ranging from $2 to $10,000 in the drawing, the lottery said. What to know about Mega Millions. To score a jackpot in the Mega Millions ...
The Mega Millions jackpot has only been won three times, the fewest wins in a single year since the game began. That’s not shocking given the probability. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 ...
The Mega-Millions lottery has reached a stunning $1.15 billion, the fifth largest prize in the history of the game. The amount you would take home would likely be less than half of that, depending ...
Just two other people have taken home Mega Millions jackpots this year. Before the Illinois winner in June, a New Jersey player won a massive $1.128 billion. That prize remains unclaimed, but ...