(Undated)— The Mega Millions jackpot is still increasing. The projected prize for tonight’s (Friday) drawing is now $660 million, according to lottery officials. The current projected value of the cash option is $377 million.
According to officials, this is the third-largest jackpot in the Mega Millions game’s history. They claim that only two jackpots have ever been higher, both of which were over $1 billion.
Four Mega Millions jackpots have also been won so far this year, the largest of which was $110 million in Minnesota on April 12th.
This Friday, July 22, the anticipated Mega Millions jackpot is $660 million. The amount up for grabs is the fifth-largest prize in the interstate lottery game’s history. It may change generations.
The anticipated Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing on July 22, 2022, is $630 million.
Only five times in the game’s history has the top payout exceeded $600 million, making this the fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot of all time. Since the drawing on April 15, no ticket has ever lined up all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball.
The winning numbers from last night’s drawing were 2-31-32-37-70 and the Mega Ball 25.
A ticket must match the gold ball from a pool of 25 numbers and all five white balls from a pool of 70 numbers in order to win the Mega Millions jackpot. There is a pitiful one in 302.6 million chance of doing so.
The Mega Millions jackpot will roll over to this Friday’s drawing because there was no jackpot winner last night.
Only five times in Mega Millions’ 20-year history has the prize exceeded $600 million, according to a Mega Millions release. Although Mega Millions was first played in 2002, the “Big Game,” the game’s original name, dates back to 1996.
When six numbers are picked at 11 p.m. ET this Friday, the Mega Millions jackpot will have now been rolling for four months.
Winners Galore
Though no Mega Millions player has won the jackpot since mid-April, the lottery game has delivered life-changing wins throughout the four-month run. The lottery says more than 17.9 million tickets have won some sort of prize.
However, the majority of the wins have been the minimal $2 win that simply returns the player’s bet.
There have been noteworthy wins, too. Of the 17.9 million winners, 29 tickets claimed a prize worth $1 million or more. Four of those $1 million winners were won last night.
Tuesday’s draw also saw 52 tickets match four white balls and the gold Mega Ball for the game’s third-best prize of $10,000. Eleven of those tickets purchased the $1 add-on Megaplier option to take their wins to $30,000 each after the Megaplier last night was 3x.
Mega Millions has sold just four tickets in 2022 that have matched all six numbers. The jackpots came in January and March, and two in April.
Mega Millions officials are hoping the ever-growing jackpot doesn’t result in jackpot fatigue. The lottery’s release says July has been a lucky month for players in the past, as two of the game’s top 10 jackpot wins have occurred this month. Those wins came in July 2016 ($536 million) and July 2018 ($543 million).
Approaching Halfway Point
At $630 million, the Mega Millions jackpot has a way to go to reach the top and become the largest Mega Millions prize ever. The game’s all-time jackpot record was set in 2018, when a single ticket sold in South Carolina claimed a $1.537 billion prize.
The 2018 Mega Millions jackpot represents the largest lottery win ever claimed by a single person in US history. South Carolina is one of only eight states that allow Mega Millions jackpot winners to remain anonymous, which the lucky winner took advantage of.
Top 5 Mega Millions Jackpots
- $1.537B 10/23/2018 — 1-SC
- $1.05B 1/22/2021 — 1-MI
- $656M 3/30/2012 — 3-IL, KS, MD
- $648M 12/17/2013 — 2-CA, GA
- $630M 7/22/2022 — ?
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