The Mega Millions 01/15/21 jackpot was the second largest in history, and eight people were so close to winning it. However, they only made the first five numbers and missed out on the $ 750 million gold Mega Ball.
The national jackpot has now risen to $ 850 million – the second largest jackpot in the game’s history. Here are the numbers from Friday night’s drawing:
- First Five: 03-11-12-38-43
- Mega Ball: 15
- Megaplier: 4x
There were eight people who made the first five numbers. These tickets have been sold in California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey (time 2), New York, Ohio and Wisconsin.
If one of the players bought the Megaplier for an extra $ 1, their second prize would be worth $ 4 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot for 19/19/21 is already estimated at $ 850 million, which is already the second highest jackpot in the history of the game. Here are the ten best Mega Millions jackpots so far:
Amount / date / winning tickets
- $ 1,537 billion $ 23/10/2018 1-SC
- CURRENT JACKPOT of $ 850 million
- $ 656 million 30/03/2012 3-IL, 1-KS, 1-MD
- $ 648 million 2013/12/17 2-CA, 1-GA
- $ 543 million 24/7/2018 1-CA
- $ 536 million 2016/08/08 1-IN
- $ 533 million 2018-03-30 1-NJ
- $ 522 million 6/07/2019 1-CA
- $ 451 million 1/5/2018 1-FL
- $ 414 million 18/03/2014 2-FL, 1-MD
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There was a $ 410 million prize winner on April 9, 2020 for a ticket sold in Arizona. This was the top price in the calendar year 2020.
Friday’s jackpot is the second highest prize since the game reached $ 1.5 billion during October 2018.
The last big prize winner of the jackpot was from a ticket sold in Wisconsin on 15/09/20 for a jackpot worth $ 119 million. It was only the fifth and final Mega Millions jackpot won in the 2020 calendar year.
Here are the five Mega Millions jackpots won in 2020:
$ 119 million – September 15 in Wisconsin
$ 22 million – July 31 in California
$ 124 million – July 24 in New Jersey
$ 410 million – June 9 in Arizona
$ 202 million – February 11 in New Jersey
Other winners – dating back to 2019 – were a $ 372 million ticket sold in Ohio and a $ 227 million ticket sold on 09/24/19 in the city of Cedar Park, Texas, a suburb north of Austin , has been sold.
Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery every Tuesday and Friday night, and it’s one of America’s two biggest lottery jackpot games. Mega Millions jackpots start at $ 20 million, and other prizes pay from $ 1 million to $ 2 million or more with a Megaplier. Tickets are $ 2 per line, and the chance to win with a $ 2 Mega Millions ticket is one in 303 million. Visit the website for more information on Mega Millions or to check your previous numbers.
Powerball is the other multi-state lottery, starting at $ 20 million. Its drawings will take place shortly after 23:00 ET on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Here is the Powerball website for more information, or to check out previous winning numbers.