CHECK YOUR NUMBERS: The winning numbers were drawn Friday night for the Mega Millions, which is worth a historic $1.28 billion. 💰
If won, it will be the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, behind only the record $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018 -- the world's largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket.
Friday night's Mega Millions drawing will mark the 30th in this jackpot run, which began on April 19. A woman checks off the numbers chosen for her Mega Millions lottery tickets at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Chino Hills, California, on July 28, 2022.In the 29 drawings since the Mega Millions jackpot was last won in Tennessee on April 15, there have been over 28.1 million winning tickets at all prize levels, including 42 worth $1 million or more in 17 states across the country. Four Mega Millions jackpots have been won so far this year -- in California, New York, Minnesota and Tennessee.
Mega Millions jackpots start at $20 million and grow based on game sales and interest rates. Despite a surge in ticket sales, the odds of winning the big prize remain the same -- 1 in 303 million.Mega Millions tickets are $2 and can be purchased in 45 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. ET every Tuesday and Friday at the studios of Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV, supervised by the Georgia Lottery.
Winners can either take the money as an immediate cash lump sum or in 30 annual payments over 29 years.
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