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The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $119 million with a cash option valued at $59.1 million. The winning numbers were: 2, 20, 47, 55 and 59. The Mega Ball drawn was 19 with a Megaplier of 2X. While no one across the country hit Tuesday’s $87 million jackpot, seven second-prize tickets matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball were sold. A ticket bought in Texas is worth $3 million while two tickets purchased in New York and one apiece sold in Florida, Georgia, Ohio and West Virginia are valued at $1 million apiece. In New Jersey, five $10,000 tickets were sold. The third-prize tickets, each of which matched four numbers, were bought at the following locations, according to lottery officials.
Tuesday’s winning numbers were: 5, 9, 15, 16 and 17. The Mega Ball drawn was 25 with a Megaplier of 3X. The odds of a $2 ticket matching all the winning numbers are 302,575,350 to 1. Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 chance of a ticket matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball and winning at least $1 million. Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesday and Friday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Saturday’s Powerball jackpot has an estimated value of $1.5 billion as of Friday morning and is potentially the third-largest in U.S. lottery history. The cash option is worth at least $745.9 million. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Past Winning Numbers
How to Play Mega Millions®WATCH HOW-TO-PLAY VIDEOMega Millions How-to-Play Brochure (Spanish) STEP 1 Get a Mega Millions playslip from your favorite Texas Lottery® retailer or create a play using the Texas Lottery app. Select five (5) numbers from 1 to 70 in the play area of the playboard or mark the "QP" box and the terminal will select your five (5) numbers. OR, simply ask your lottery retailer for a "Quick Pick" and the terminal will pick all your numbers! Pick your Mega Ball. Select one (1) Mega Ball number from 1 to 25 in the lower yellow play area of the playboard, or mark the "QP" box and the terminal will select your one (1) Mega Ball number. MULTI-DRAW You can play the same sets of numbers for more than one drawing. Mark the appropriate "MULTI-DRAW" box to play up to 10 consecutive drawings. WHEN YOU BUY, MEGAPLY®! Play the Megaplier® feature for an extra $1 per playboard and you could increase your non-grand/jackpot prize winnings by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times! Mark the "YES" box under "MEGAPLIER" to select this feature for all playboards on the playslip. The Megaplier number will be chosen from a field of 15 numbers according to the following frequency: one 5, three 4's, six 3's, five 2's. Any non-Grand prize you win on a Mega Millions play will be multiplied by the Megaplier number drawn if you purchased the Megaplier feature. GRAND PRIZE PAYMENT OPTIONS Select "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" or "CASH VALUE OPTION". Mark "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" if you want to receive your prize in 30 annual installments. Mark "CASH VALUE OPTION" for a single payment of the present cash value of the jackpot prize. You may not change the payment option at a later date. When using a playslip, if you do not select a payment option, your playslip will be rejected. The Grand Prize is pari-mutuel and will be divided equally by the number of Grand Prize winners. The Mega Millions Grand Prize amount that is advertised is not always a guaranteed amount, it is an estimated amount. A Grand prize winner may receive less than the advertised amount based on actual Mega Millions game sales and interest rates for long-term investments. STEP 2 Mega Millions costs $2 per play. Adding Megaplier is $1 more per play. STEP 3 Mega Millions drawings are broadcast every Tuesday and Friday evening at 10:12 p.m. CT. Tickets are not available during Draw Break, from 9:45-10:15 p.m. CT. STEP 4 CHECK YOUR NUMBERS!
STEP 5 DID YOU WIN? Use the special Just the Jackpot® playslip to select five (5) numbers from 1 to 70 in the upper play area and select the Mega Ball number from 1 to 25 in the yellow play area for boards A & B and/or C & D. MULTI – DRAW You can play the same sets of numbers for more than one drawing. Mark the appropriate "MULTI-DRAW" box to play up to 10 consecutive drawings. GRAND PRIZE OPTION Select "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" or "CASH VALUE OPTION". Mark "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" if you want to receive your prize in 30 annual payments. Mark "CASH VALUE OPTION" for a single payment of the present cash value of the jackpot prize. You may not change the payment option at a later date. DID YOU WIN? Did anyone win the Mega Million tonight?There was no jackpot winner in California for this draw. But there are 119,511 winning tickets! Get your ticket for the next draw.
What do you win with 2 numbers on Mega Millions?How much do you get for 2 numbers on Mega Millions? Two numbers will not win you anything in Mega Millions, unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball.
How much is 4 numbers in Mega Millions?MEGA MILLIONS WITHOUT MEGAPLIER, $2 WAGER. How many numbers do you need to win Mega Millions?Mega Millions® tickets cost $2.00 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.
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