Texas Resident Wins Record-Breaking $800M Mega Millions Prize

Texas Resident Wins Record-Breaking $800M Mega Millions Prize
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Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing yielded an estimated $800 million prize, and the winning ticket was bought in Texas. Tuesday’s winning numbers, which included a gold Mega ball of six, were 1, 2, 16, 24, and 66. 4X was the Megaplier.

The seventh-largest prize in the history of the game was the big prize won in Tuesday’s drawing.

Four players from California, Florida, New York, and Washington state matched all five white balls to win $1 million in addition to the jackpot.

There is a $404.2 million one-time cash payoff option available for the anticipated $800 million grand prize. Usually, winners choose the cash award over the annuity, which is distributed as one lump sum payment followed by 29 yearly installments.

Megamillions.com states that there is a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning the ultimate prize.

The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was won before Tuesday’s drawing was on June 4, when a player in Illinois matched all six numbers to earn $552 million, the tenth-largest payout in the history of the game.

August 8, 2023, saw the winner of the record $1.602 billion Mega Millions jackpot in Florida.

This jackpot is the third-largest lottery payout ever achieved on a single ticket in history, trailing only two $2.04 billion and $1.765 billion Powerball winning tickets that were won in California in the last two years.

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Players will try their luck at winning the projected $20 million grand prize, which comes with a $10.1 million cash option, during the next drawing, which takes place on Friday.

In addition to 45 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C., all play Mega Millions. On the evening of the Tuesday and Friday draws, tickets must be purchased by 9:45 p.m.

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