The owner of Las Palmitas Mini Market, Navor Herrera, received a $1M check during a press conference with Powerball officials on Thursday morning. (FOX 11)
The Mega Millions jackpot prize now sits at an estimated $820 million after no players claimed to match all numbers since April.
The numbers drawn Tuesday night were 3, 5, 6, 44 and 61 with a Mega ball of 25. The multiplier was 4X.
If there is a winner, that player can choose to receive the $820 million jackpot in installments or a lump-sum payment of $422 million, Mega Millions said.
The massive jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and follows after a lucky winner won the Powerball lottery last week for over a billion dollars.
The Mega Millions’ jackpot has risen to an estimated $820 million and would be the eighth-largest in the games’ history. (John Smith/VIEWpress / Getty Images)
No one matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Friday, July 21, drawing, so the jackpot climbed a whopping $100 million to $820 million.
A display holds Mega Million lottery ticket wagering cards at Ted’s State Line Mobil station, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Methuen, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa / AP Newsroom)
The last Mega Millions jackpot-winning ticket was sold on April 14, matching all six numbers to win the grand prize of $483 million or a lump-sum prize of $256.9 million. The jackpot has continued to rise since then.
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The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million.
A person plays the Mega Millions lottery at a gas station in Trona, California, United States on July 11, 2023. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Mega Millions jackpot wins in 2023:
- $1.35 billion — Jan. 13; Maine.
- $20 million — Jan. 17; New York.
- $31 million — Jan. 24; Massachusetts.
- $31 million — Jan. 31; Massachusetts.
- $483 million — April 14; New York.
- $20 million — April 18; New York.
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Powerball tickets cost $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The deadline for purchasing a ticket is 9:45 p.m. on draw nights.
