No winner came forward on Tuesday night to claim the Mega Millions jackpot and so, it continues to rise, now up to over $100 million more than before the drawing: currently at an estimated $630 million with a cash value of $359.7 million.
No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 15, when a ticket in Tennessee won $20 million. If someone were to win the current jackpot at $630 million, it would be among the 10 largest Mega Millions jackpots ever, according to the lottery.
While no one claimed the jackpot, there were a number of Match 5 $1 million winners in Arizona, California, North Carolina and New Hampshire.
The most recent numbers from Tuesday’s drawing were 2, 31, 32, 37 and 70. The Mega Ball was 25, and the Megaplier was 3X.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be Friday, July 22 at 11 p.m. Whether you’ve played before, or if this is your first time trying your luck at the lottery, here’s what you need to know ahead of the next drawing.
Mega Millions drawings are Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Ticket sales end at 10:45 p.m. in Kentucky and Indiana.
Tickets to Mega Millions cost $2 per play.
There are nine total ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2.
Pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25.
Choose Easy Pick or Quick Pick to have the terminal randomly pick numbers for you. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in the drawing.
Most states offer the Megaplier feature, which increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four and five times.
It costs an additional $1 per play. Before each regular Mega Millions drawing, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with “2X,” three with “4X” and one with “5X.”
You can play Mega Millions in 47 localities: 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To find locations, search the Mega Millions website.
In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night.
In Kentucky, residents can also purchase tickets online at www.KYLottery.com.
In Ohio, residents can use Lottery Card available in Kroger, Buehler’s Fresh Foods and Giant Eagle stores. It allows Ohio consumers to enter draw games on their phones and get notified and paid electronically if they win. You can also buy tickets online at www.OhioLottery.com.
In 2018, one winning ticket in South Carolina sold for a $1.537 billion grand prize, which was the world’s largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket.
In January 2021, a winning ticket sold in Michigan for $1.05 billion.
Mega Millions offers two options.
You can take annuity, in which you’re paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments. Each payment is 5% bigger than the previous.
There’s also the cash option, a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
