The Mega Millions jackpot shot up to $800 million as no participant won the grand prize for Friday’s drawing, persevering with the four-month winless drought that propelled the prize to the tenth-highest in the sport’s historical past.
Friday’s successful numbers were 2, 5, 42, 44 and 60, and the gold Mega Ball 1 for the $743 million prize, officers announced.
No gamers had all 5 white balls, but 13 tickets matched 4 of the white balls and the gold Mega Ball to win prizes ranging from $20,000 to $40,000, relying on the chosen multiplier.
The Mega Millions jackpot shot up to $800 million as no participant won the grand prize for Friday’s drawing, persevering with the four-month winless drought. Jammer Gene – stock.adobe.com
California led the pack with 5 third-tier winners, adopted by two gamers each in Florida and Ohio, along with fortunate winners in Georgia, South Carolina, Idaho and Missouri.
Mega Millions has gone 37 consecutive drawings without a winner. The last jackpot winner was The Happy Trails Trust, who won $60 million in Van Wert, Ohio on March 17.
The possibilities of successful the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336.
The jackpot, price an estimated $800 million, is the largest prize that the sport has had since November 14, 2025, when a Georgia ticketholder won the $983 million payday, presently the eighth-largest complete in historical past.
The winner, who remained nameless, selected the one-time money sum of $453.6 million before taxes.
Mega Millions gamers have only struck gold twice in 2026 with the Happy Trails Trust win and a week earlier when an nameless online participant in Illinois won the $536 million grand prize on March 10.
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The sport is on tempo to have the fewest jackpot winners in a given yr, as only two grand prizes have been won up to July 24, the same quantity of prime prizes won in 2024 to this level.
That yr saw 4 complete jackpot winners, according to sport officers.
Lottery gamers wanting to money in on one of the largest prizes in historical past have their next shot at glory on Tuesday.
The Mega Millions isn’t the only lottery with a historic prize on the line, as the Powerball jackpot sits at an estimated $600 million for Saturday night time’s drawing.
Powerball hasn’t seen a jackpot winner since May 2, when two tickets in Florida and Texas matched the successful numbers for the $20 million prize.
The break up winners came in the drawing after two other gamers, in Indiana and Kansas, break up the $143.4 million prize for the April 29 drawing.
It was the first time Powerball had back-to-back jackpot winners since 2021.