The Mega Millions drawing on Friday will offer a staggering $1.25 billion jackpot, making it the sixth-largest lottery prize in the United States. Unfortunately, no tickets matched all six numbers in the latest drawing, leading to this enormous jackpot.
In California, there were seven tickets sold with five numbers but missing the Mega number. Two of these tickets, each sold at liquor stores in Lancaster and Lincoln Heights, are worth $650,579. However, California law dictates that major lottery payouts be distributed on a pari-mutuel basis, so the payoffs in California can be both higher and lower compared to other states where five-number tickets are worth a fixed $1 million or more.
In Texas, one ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, is valued at a whopping $4 million. This is because the player chose the Megaplier option, which multiplies any non-jackpot prize by the Megaplier number drawn, for an additional $1. Other tickets with five matching numbers were sold in Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, and each of them is worth $1 million.
The winning numbers from the previous drawing were 8, 24, 30, 45, 61, with the Mega number as 12. The estimated jackpot was initially $1.05 billion, making it the seventh-largest lottery prize in the U.S.
This drawing marks the 30th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are an incredible 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. However, the overall chance of winning a prize in the Mega Millions game is 1 in 24.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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