Mega Millions $502M Jackpot Split, Winning Tickets Sold in California, Florida
Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot topped estimates past drawing officials, growing to more than half a one million million dollars. And with to a greater extent tickets sold for the October 14 draw, and thus to a greater extent possible winning combinations being covered, the tie saw two tickets tally all VI numbers.
Lucky ticketholders inwards Golden State and Florida claimed the $502 jillion Mega Millions jackpot after matching the white-hot balls 9, 22, 26, 41, and 44, positive the atomic number 79 Mega Lucille Ball 19. The winners will portion out the 11th-largest Mega Millions jackpot in the game’s history. Mega Millions began in 2002.
The $502 1000000 pocket billiards was the first of all Mega Millions jackpot won since the game’s $1.337 1000000000 award was won by two friends inward IL dorsum on July 29. During the 22-draw ravel leading upwardly to endure Friday’s $502 jillion draw, Mega Millions sold to a greater extent than 13.8 one thousand thousand winning tickets at all award levels, including 25 second-tier prizes of at to the lowest degree $1 million.
Friday’s jackpot was just now the sixth time this twelvemonth that the Mega Millions jackpot has been won. The Mega Millions jackpot resets to $20 1000000 for its next draftsmanship on Tuesday night.
Tax Savings
Most major lottery winners opt for the chunk immediate payment option o'er the total note value of the jackpot paid out of a 30-year annuity. If that trend continues with Mega Millions’ 2 newest multimillionaires, each testament get $126 zillion before taxes.
The win would follow subject to an effective federal revenue enhancement of 37%, which slashes each haul down to virtually $79.4 million. And piece both players overcame the nearly insurmountable odds of just unity inward 302.5 zillion inward matching all six numbers, their fortune didn’t remainder there.
Since they purchased their Mega Millions tickets in Calif. and Florida, no more state task testament follow levied on the life-changing wins. Calif. and FL are deuce of only if ix states that don’t tax lottery prizes as income. The others are Delaware, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
The states that fare tax drawing prizes set out inwards their tariffs from 2.9% in Frederick North Dakota to as high-pitched as 8.95% inwards Maryland.
Though they won’t experience to pay a land lottery tax, the lucky players won’t follow allowed to remain anon. inwards Calif. or Florida. Though 11 states grant lottery winners to remain anonymous, Golden State and Florida require that drawing winners tolerate their names to follow published inwards parliamentary law to pull in their prizes.
The FL ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Fort Myers, the Gulf Coast townspeople battered endure month past Hurricane Ian. The California ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven inward San Jose.
Powerball Growing
Miss come out on the Mega Millions jackpot? Powerball has your dreams covered.
The other pop US lottery gamy has an estimated jackpot of $480 million for Mon night’s draw. The jackpot has an estimated cash in economic value of $242.2 million.
If no more ticket matches all sextet numbers tonight, the Powerball jackpot testament inch finisher to the game’s pinch 10 largest jackpots list. To cleft the top out 10, the jackpot will demand to exceed $564.1 meg — which was won backwards in Feb 2015, when players inward North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and TX shared the prize.