Mega Hundreds of thousands Hits 28 Years, Would not Have fun With Jackpot Win

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The successful numbers for Mega Hundreds of thousands final night time had been 6, 23, 41, 59, 63, and the gold Mega Ball was 25. Your ticket didn’t hit the jackpot.

Tens of tens of millions of Mega Hundreds of thousands tickets had been bought for the Friday, Sept. 6, drawing, however none matched the six drawn numbers. The jackpot climbs to an estimated $800 million for the Tuesday drawing. (Picture: Getty)

The Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing for Friday, Sept. 6, resulted in no jackpot winners. It marked the sport’s twenty seventh consecutive drawing with out a ticket matching the six successful numbers.

The following jackpot for Tuesday, Sept. 10, is now an estimated $800 million, with a one-time money possibility of $401.8 million. The jackpot has grown to the seventh-richest within the historical past of Mega Hundreds of thousands, which dates again to 1996.

Tuesday’s $800 million prize trails solely seven Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpots gained that had been every in extra of 10 digits. At $800 million, the jackpot ranks because the Thirteenth-richest in U.S. historical past.

High Mega Hundreds of thousands Jackpots

$1.602B — 8/8/2023 — 1-FL
$1.537B — 10/23/2018 — 1-SC
$1.348B — 1/13/2023 — 1-ME
$1.337B — 7/29/2022 — 1-IL
$1.128B — 3/26/2024 — 1-NJ
$1.05B — 1/22/2021 — 1-MI
$800M — 9/10/2024 — ?
$656M — 3/30/2012 — 3-IL, KS, MD
$648M — 12/17/2013 — 2-CA, GA
$552M — 6/4/2024 — 1-IL

Friday Night time Highlights

Although the jackpot dodged gamers on Friday, the night time wasn’t a complete loss, as six tickets matched all 5 white balls however not the gold Mega Ball to say Mega Hundreds of thousands’ second-tier prize of $1 million. A type of gameplays bought the non-obligatory $1 add-on Megaplier that doubled their win to $2 million after the Megaplier landed on 2x.

Forty-nine tickets matched 4 white balls and the gold Mega Ball to win $10,000. Ten of these performs had the Megaplier to double their prize to $20,000. Greater than 1,000 tickets hit 4 of the 5 white balls for $500 prizes, with 223 together with the Megaplier.

In whole, 1,699,484 tickets gained a prize throughout the Friday drawing. Roughly 1.12 million of these tickets matched the Mega Ball to win again their $2 wager.

Mega Hundreds of thousands Anniversary

Friday night time marked the twenty eighth anniversary of Mega Hundreds of thousands. Although the sport originated as The Large Recreation when it was first drawn on Friday, Sept. 6, 1996, the interstate lottery operation has constantly run ever since.

The unique six collaborating lotteries 28 years in the past had been Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia. The Mega Hundreds of thousands brand with the gold Mega Ball displaying six stars represents the unique six collaborating lotteries. At the moment, Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Together with present process rebranding — first to The Large Recreation Mega Hundreds of thousands in 2002 earlier than turning into Mega Hundreds of thousands in 2003 — Mega Hundreds of thousands has altered its gameplay over the many years to make the jackpot tougher to win. Lottery officers say jackpot-generating headlines are good for enterprise, because the prizes balloon extra non-regular lottery gamers take part.

The sport was most lately overhauled in October 2017 when the worth to play was doubled to $2 and the variety of Mega Balls was elevated from 15 to 25. The variety of white balls was decreased from 75 to 70, which led some to suppose that hitting the jackpot may be simpler.

The other was true, because the jackpot’s odds lengthened from one in 258.89 million to 1 in 302.57 million.