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Mega Millions numbers: 1 winning ticket for the 1.35B jackpot
NEW YORK (WABC) — A single ticket-holder in Maine will be celebrating a very happy new year after that ticket is the only one to match all six numbers drawn in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing.
The prize is an estimated $1.35 billion ($724.6 million cash), which is the second-largest jackpot in the history of the game!
The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.
The jackpot is the second largest in Mega Millions history!
The jackpot had been rolling since it was last won on October 14, when a $502 million prize was shared by winning tickets in California and Florida.
This 26-drawing jackpot run ends with a bang, with 7,072,832 winning tickets across all nine prize tiers in the January 13 drawing alone, including the jackpot-winning ticket. Fourteen tickets matched all five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize of $1 million. Four were sold in New York, two in California, and one each in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
For matching four white balls plus the Mega Ball, 164 tickets have a third-tier win. Of those, 27 included the optional Megaplier (available in most states with an extra $1 purchase), which was 2X on Friday night; they are worth $20,000 each. The remaining 137 second-tier winning tickets take home the standard $10,000 prize.
The chances of winning a Mega Millions drawing are slim at one in nearly 303 million.
Friday night’s jackpot win is the seventh on a Friday the 13th since the game began in 2002, and the first on such a day since October 2017.
Michigan has been particularly lucky with Mega Millions jackpots on Friday the 13th, winning four of them (June 2008, May 2011, June 2014 and October 2017). That 2017 jackpot was shared with a winner in Rhode Island. Other jackpots on Friday the 13th have been won in New York (March 2009) and Ohio (November 2015). None of them, however, came close in size to the estimated $1.35 billion won this time.
Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
4. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket from Maine)
5. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
6. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
7. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
8. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
9. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
10. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)
RELATED: Here’s what you could buy if you win
The credit for the recent big prizes is actually due to math — and more difficult odds.
In the fall of 2017, lottery officials approved changes to Mega Millions that significantly lengthened the odds from one in 258.9 million to one in 302.6 million. They made similar changes to Powerball in October 2015, worsening the odds from one in 175.2 million to one in 292.2 million.
The idea was that by making jackpots less common, ticket revenue could build up week after week, creating giant prizes that would attract attention and pull in more players who had grown blasé about $100 million or $200 million top prizes.
In August 2021, Powerball also added a third weekly drawing, which enabled the jackpot to roll over and grow even more quickly as people had more chances to play, and lose. Mega Millions has stuck with the two weekly drawings.
Thanks to those moves, nine of the top 10 largest lottery prizes have been won since 2017.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
The New York Lottery is North America’s largest and most profitable, contributing billions of dollars to help support education in New York State.
Revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. According to the New York lottery, the formula takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.
For more information about the New York lottery and to see lottery results, please visit nylottery.ny.gov..
New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the State’s toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.
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Mega Millions jackpot: Mega Millions draws numbers for $1.35 billion jackpot — 2nd largest in history — on Friday
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Friday the 13th might end up being someone’s lucky day. The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion – the second-largest in the lottery’s history – for the drawing set on Friday.
The jackpot soared from $1.1 billion after Tuesday night’s drawing when no winner snagged the big prize, the lottery said in a news release Wednesday.
The estimated jackpot ($707.9 million in cash) is surpassed only by the lottery’s record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, the lottery said.
“Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is moving up and making history as the second highest Mega Millions jackpot ever,” the lottery said. “Our member lotteries raise funds for many good causes, ranging from education to conservation programs. We’re proud to support these efforts.”
The Mega Millions’ massive jackpot topped the billion-dollar mark after nearly three months without a winning ticket drawn.
The last jackpot was won at $502 million on October 14, when there were two winning tickets from California and Florida, the Mega Millions said. Since then, more than 33 million winning tickets have been sold, including 68 players who took home $1 million or more, the lottery added.
There have been six previous jackpots won on Friday the 13th – and four of them were in Michigan, the release said. Prizes have also been won on Friday the 13th in New York, Ohio and Rhode Island.
Mona Rawal owns the 7-Eleven in Fort Myers, Florida, where in October 2022 one of the two winning Mega Millions tickets was sold with a jackpot of nearly half a billion dollars. The lucky ticket sale came less than a month after the area was hard hit by Hurricane Ian.
She can’t say if her store is lucky or not but tells CNN that one of her customers won $50,000 a few weeks ago and another won $1,000 last week. She hopes that luck continues with the Mega Millions drawing Friday night. Lottery ticket sales have been steady this week at her store, she told CNN, and she expects lots of last-minute lottery customers to head to her store as the 11 p.m. drawing nears.
Jim Frye, who plays the Powerball and Mega Millions every week but has never won “anything big,” said he played at Rawal’s 7-Eleven because he heard about the winning ticket in October.
“I say you can’t win if you don’t play, that’s my motto, and I’ve been playing for a long time,” Frye told CNN. “Let’s wait to see if I win first and then I’ll decide what I’m going to do with it. It’ll help a lot of people that’s for sure.”
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, along with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
Mega Millions Drawing: Jackpot soars to over $1.3B after no big winner Tuesday night
NEW YORK (WABC) — The Mega Millions jackpot has once again increased after no one won big in Tuesday night’s drawing.
On Friday night, an estimated $1.35 billion will be up for grabs. This is the second largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
Although no one came out of Tuesday night’s drawing a billionaire, three people did win $3 million, including someone in New York and another in Connecticut.
People in New York and New Jersey also held tickets worth $1 million.
Here are Tuesday night’s winning numbers: 15, 13, 7, 18, 14 with a Megaball of 9.
This jackpot was the fifth-largest lottery prize of any kind, in U.S. history.
The longer no one wins the top prize, of course, it keeps getting larger.
The last time someone overcame the odds of 1 in 302.6 million and won the top prize was on Oct. 14. Since then there have been 25 straight drawings without anyone snagging the jackpot.
A statistics expert at Hofstra University said you have a one in nearly 303 million chance of actually winning the jackpot.
“So you are 1,363 times more likely to get hit by lightning than to win the lottery,” Professor Bruce Torff said.
Torff said you are also 27,000 times more likely to die in a plane crash or 1,210 times more likely to die by getting hit by a meteorite than win the lotter.
Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
4. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
5. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
6. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
7. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
8. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
9. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)
10. $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
RELATED: Here’s what you could buy if you win
The credit for the recent big prizes is actually due to math — and more difficult odds.
In the fall of 2017, lottery officials approved changes to Mega Millions that significantly lengthened the odds from one in 258.9 million to one in 302.6 million. They made similar changes to Powerball in October 2015, worsening the odds from one in 175.2 million to one in 292.2 million.
The idea was that by making jackpots less common, ticket revenue could build up week after week, creating giant prizes that would attract attention and pull in more players who had grown blasé about $100 million or $200 million top prizes.
In August 2021, Powerball also added a third weekly drawing, which enabled the jackpot to roll over and grow even more quickly as people had more chances to play, and lose. Mega Millions has stuck with the two weekly drawings.
Thanks to those moves, nine of the top 10 largest lottery prizes have been won since 2017.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
The New York Lottery is North America’s largest and most profitable, contributing billions of dollars to help support education in New York State.
Revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. According to the New York lottery, the formula takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.
For more information about the New York lottery and to see lottery results, please visit nylottery.ny.gov..
New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the State’s toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.
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Mega Millions winning numbers tonight 2023: $1.1 billion jackpot up for grabs
NEW YORK (WABC) — The winning numbers have been drawn for Tuesday night’s massive $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
Here are Tuesday night’s winning numbers: 15, 13, 7, 18, 14 with a Megaball of 9.
The massive jackpot is the third-largest Mega Millions prize, and the fifth-largest lottery prize of any kind, in U.S. history.
The longer no one wins the top prize, of course, it keeps getting larger.
The last time someone overcame the odds of 1 in 302.6 million and won the top prize was on Oct. 14. Since then there have been 24 straight drawings without anyone snagging the jackpot.
A statistics expert at Hofstra University said you have a one in nearly 303 million chance of actually winning the jackpot.
“So you are 1,363 times more likely to get hit by lightning than to win the lottery,” Professor Bruce Torff said.
Torff said you are also 27,000 times more likely to die in a plane crash or 1,210 times more likely to die by getting hit by a meteorite than win the lotter.
Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
4. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
5. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
6. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
7. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
8. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
9. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)
10. $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
RELATED: Here’s what you could buy if you win
The credit for the recent big prizes is actually due to math — and more difficult odds.
In the fall of 2017, lottery officials approved changes to Mega Millions that significantly lengthened the odds from one in 258.9 million to one in 302.6 million. They made similar changes to Powerball in October 2015, worsening the odds from one in 175.2 million to one in 292.2 million.
The idea was that by making jackpots less common, ticket revenue could build up week after week, creating giant prizes that would attract attention and pull in more players who had grown blasé about $100 million or $200 million top prizes.
In August 2021, Powerball also added a third weekly drawing, which enabled the jackpot to roll over and grow even more quickly as people had more chances to play, and lose. Mega Millions has stuck with the two weekly drawings.
Thanks to those moves, nine of the top 10 largest lottery prizes have been won since 2017.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
The New York Lottery is North America’s largest and most profitable, contributing billions of dollars to help support education in New York State.
Revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. According to the New York lottery, the formula takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.
For more information about the New York lottery and to see lottery results, please visit nylottery.ny.gov..
New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the State’s toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.
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Mega Millions jackpot is $1.1 billion. How to plan for sharing it
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If you’ve never had family or friends hit you up for money, that is likely to change if you were to win the $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
The grand prize has been climbing through twice-weekly drawings since mid-October, with no ticket matching all six numbers drawn to land the grand prize. This marks the fourth time the game’s jackpot has passed $1 billion, and if won at this level it would be the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever.
Of course, the advertised $1.1 billion is what you’d get if you were to choose to take your winnings as an annuity spread over three decades. The lump-sum cash option — which most jackpot winners choose instead — is $568.7 million.
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While a chunk of your winnings would go to taxes, the amount you’d end up with after those levies would be more than most people see in a lifetime. It also may make you a target for people who want a piece of your newfound wealth, experts say.
Of course, not everyone will be preying on you, said Emily Irwin, managing director of advice and planning at Wells Fargo Wealth & Investment Management. “But … you never know what’s going to happen.”
When “the inevitable asking for money occurs,” she said, “how can you make sure you feel comfortable saying yes or no?”
Here are some tips to head off trouble.
Share the news with as few people as possible
If you manage to beat the odds stacked against a single ticket hitting the jackpot — the chance of hitting the motherlode is about 1 in 302.6 million — one of the most important things to do is share the news with as few people as possible.
“It’s hard for even your inner circle of people not to say anything,” said certified financial planner Susan Bradley, founder of the Sudden Money Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
If you can shield your identity from the public, that can help minimize who finds out and protect you from random strangers hoping to get a piece of your winnings. Some states allow you to claim anonymously, while in others you may be able to set up a legal entity — for example, a trust — that claims the windfall, thereby shielding your name from the public.
Create a plan for how and when to donate
Before you even claim your prize, you should set up a team of professionals to help you navigate your new wealth. This group should include at least an experienced attorney, financial advisor and tax advisor.
One thing you can think about during this pre-claiming phase, with the guidance of your team, is whether and how you want to use some of the winnings to benefit others.
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Some jackpot winners tap their philanthropic side by either setting up a private foundation or using other tax-advantaged ways to make charitable contributions. If you determine from the start which causes you want to support — say, protecting the environment or battling hunger — it can make it easier and more rewarding to use those charitable dollars, experts say.
You also could determine a yearly limit to what you give away, whether to charities or individuals.
Set up boundaries for money going to family, friends
For sharing with family and friends, you also should set up parameters, Irwin said.
“I think it’s helpful to think about under what terms you would gift money,” Irwin said. “Are you now the bank for family?
“If there’s a catastrophic event, will you be there?” she added. “If someone wants to start a business, would you be giving them seed money, or is it a loan?”
The benefit of establishing a plan, Irwin said, is that it can “eliminate feelings of guilt when you say no to individuals or organizations.”
Moreover, without boundaries, she said, “you could be in a position where you’re running through funds at an accelerated rate … and finding yourself saying yes more often than you wish.”
Additionally, keep in mind that some gifts come with “carrying costs” that need to be considered, Irwin said. For example, if you were to purchase an expensive home for yourself and each of your four siblings, those properties may come with ongoing, outsized bills and maintenance costs that you may be expected to cover.
Most importantly, winning hundreds of millions of dollars would be a chance to create long-term financial stability for you and loved ones if you approach it with foresight.
“Take care of yourself first and your family first,” Irwin said. “Make sure you don’t make decisions that could unduly harm your own balance sheet and comfort.”
Meanwhile, Powerball’s jackpot for Monday night’s drawing is $340 million (the cash option is $178.2 million). The chance of hitting Powerball’s top prize is a tad better than in Mega Millions: 1 in 292 million.
Mega Millions Drawing: jackpot now sits at over $1B after no big winner Friday night; lottery players in NY, NJ win $1M
NEW YORK (WABC) — The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.1 billion after no one won big in Friday night’s drawing.
Don’t throw your ticket out just yet though. There were some people in NY and NJ who one $1 million from the drawing.
Here are Friday night’s winning numbers: 20, 63, 46, 59, 3 and a Megaball of 13.
The whopping $1.1 billion jackpot is the third largest lottery prize in U.S. history. That prize will be up for grabs in Tuesday night’s drawing.
No one has hit the big jackpot after more than 20 drawings.
Friday night’s jackpot of $940 million was the largest since a $2.04 billion Powerball prize was won Nov. 8 in California. A winner hasn’t been announced for that record-setting payout.
RELATED: Here’s what you could buy if you win the $940M jackpot
The credit for the recent big prizes is actually due to math — and more difficult odds.
In the fall of 2017, lottery officials approved changes to Mega Millions that significantly lengthened the odds from one in 258.9 million to one in 302.6 million. They made similar changes to Powerball in October 2015, worsening the odds from one in 175.2 million to one in 292.2 million.
The idea was that by making jackpots less common, ticket revenue could build up week after week, creating giant prizes that would attract attention and pull in more players who had grown blasé about $100 million or $200 million top prizes.
In August 2021, Powerball also added a third weekly drawing, which enabled the jackpot to roll over and grow even more quickly as people had more chances to play, and lose. Mega Millions has stuck with the two weekly drawings.
Thanks to those moves, nine of the top 10 largest lottery prizes have been won since 2017.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
The New York Lottery is North America’s largest and most profitable, contributing billions of dollars to help support education in New York State.
Revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. According to the New York lottery, the formula takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.
For more information about the New York lottery and to see lottery results, please visit nylottery.ny.gov..
New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the State’s toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.
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Mega Millions jackpot tops $1 billion after Friday’s drawing yields no winners
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The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped to more than $1 billion after Friday night’s drawing ended without an overall winner.
This marks the fourth time in a little over four years that the top prize has exceeded $1 billion, Mega Millions said in a release Friday.
Friday’s drawing ended with numbers 3, 20, 46, 59, 63 and the gold Mega Ball 13.
The jackpot is now an estimated $1.1 billion ($568.7 million cash), according to the lottery. If someone wins at that amount, it would be the third largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, it said.
The next drawing will be on Tuesday, January 10.
The only Mega Millions jackpots higher than Tuesday’s $1.1 billion are the record $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018 and the $1.337 billion won in Illinois last year, the release said.
But not everyone was a loser Friday night. There were more that 4 million winning tickets at other prize levels, ranging from $2 to $1 million, the lottery said. Five tickets snagged the $1 million prize by matching all five white balls, with winners in New York, Florida, Maryland and New Jersey.
More than 27 million winning tickets have been sold in the 24 drawings since the jackpot was last won October 14, 2022, according to Mega Millions.