Mega Millions Hysteria Grows, as Jackpot Balloons to $630M
The Mega Millions jackpot for this Friday, July 22, is an estimated $630 million. The generation-changing summation upward for grabs is the fifth-largest prize inwards the interstate highway drawing game’s history.
The fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot of all clip also marks only when the fifth time that the game’s upside appreciate has exceeded $600 million. No just the ticket has matched all 5 white-hot balls and the atomic number 79 Mega Lucille Ball since the April 15 drawing.
Last night’s winning numbers were 2-31-32-37-70 and the Mega Ball 25.
To win the Mega Millions jackpot, a fine must jibe all quintet lily-white balls come out of a possible 70 numbers, plus the gilded chunk come out of 25 possible numbers. The odds of doing so are a measly I inwards 302.6 million.
With no more jackpot win endure night, the Mega Millions jackpot rolls o'er for this Friday’s drawing.
For just now the fifth time in the 20-year history of Mega Millions, the jackpot has soared past tense $600 million,” a Mega Millions financial statement explained. While Mega Millions debuted in 2002, the game’s origins retrace backward to 1996 when it was known as the “Big Game.”
The Mega Millions jackpot continues its four-month cast when Captain Hicks numbers testament follow drawn at 11 pm ET this Friday.
Winners Galore
Though no more Mega Millions participant has won the jackpot since mid-April, the lottery biz has delivered life-changing wins throughout the four-month run. The drawing says more than 17.9 million tickets hold won some sort of prize.
The legal age of the wins, however, get been the minimum $2 win that simply returns the player’s bet.
There make been remarkable wins, too. Of the 17.9 gazillion winners, 29 tickets claimed a treasure worth $1 meg or more. Four of those $1 jillion winners were won lastly night.
Tuesday’s draw also saw 52 tickets gibe tetrad whitened balls and the gilded Mega Lucille Ball for the game’s third-best appreciate of $10,000. Eleven of those tickets purchased the $1 add-on Megaplier choice to take their wins to $30,000 for each one after the Megaplier lowest nighttime was 3x.
Mega Millions has sold just quadruplet tickets inwards 2022 that have matched all VI numbers. The jackpots came inward January and March, and 2 inwards April.
Mega Millions officials are hoping the ever-growing jackpot doesn’t ensue in jackpot fatigue. The lottery’s outlet says July has been a lucky month for players in the past, as two of the game’s cover 10 jackpot wins get occurred this month. Those wins came inwards July 2016 ($536 million) and July 2018 ($543 million).
Approaching Halfway Point
At $630 million, the Mega Millions jackpot has a way to turn to reach the upper side and go the largest Mega Millions award ever. The game’s all-time jackpot record book was place inward 2018 when a bingle ticket sold inward South Carolina claimed a $1.537 one thousand million prize.
The 2018 Mega Millions jackpot represents the largest lottery win ever so claimed past a single person in US history. South Carolina is ane of only when octet states that tolerate Mega Millions jackpot winners to remain anonymous, which the lucky victor took advantage of.
Top 5 Mega Millions Jackpots
- $1.537B 10/23/2018 — 1-SC
- $1.05B 1/22/2021 — 1-MI
- $656M 3/30/2012 — 3-IL, KS, MD
- $648M 12/17/2013 — 2-CA, GA
- $630M 7/22/2022 — ?