<p>For the third time in the 20-year history of Mega Millions, the jackpot has surpassed the magical $1 billion mark. No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night – the white balls 7, 29, 60, 63 and 66, plus the gold Mega Ball 15 – so the estimated jackpot on Friday, July 29, is an astounding $1.025 billion ($602.5 million cash). Friday night’s drawing will be the thirtieth in this jackpot run, which began April 19 after the jackpot was won in Tennessee on April 15.</p>
<p>Friday’s prize, as currently estimated, is just shy of the $1.050 billion jackpot won in Michigan on January 22, 2021. The Mega Millions record jackpot is $1.537 billion, won in South Carolina on October 23, 2018; that prize remains the world’s largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket.</p>
<p>“We look with anticipation on the growing jackpot,” says Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, current Lead Director of the Mega Millions Consortium. “Seeing the jackpot build over a period of months and reaching the billion-dollar mark is truly breathtaking. We encourage customers to keep play in balance and enjoy the ride. Someone is going to win.”</p>
<p>With unprecedented traffic after the drawing – more than any in the history of megamillions.com – the Mega Millions website was down for more than two hours Tuesday night.</p>
<p>As the jackpot grows, so does the number of winning tickets at all other prize levels. For the July 26 drawing alone, there were a total of 6,775,330, winning tickets at all prize levels. Nine tickets matched the five white balls to win the Mega Millions second prize. One, sold in Ohio, is worth $3 million because it included the optional Megaplier (a $1 extra purchase available in most states), which was 3X Tuesday night. Of the other eight Match 5 tickets worth $1 million, two each were sold in New Jersey and New York, plus one each in California, Florida, Illinois and Ohio.</p>
<p>For matching four white balls plus the Mega Ball, 156 tickets win the game’s third prize. Thirty-six of those are worth $30,000 each because they also included the optional Megaplier. The other 120 third-prize tickets win $10,000 each.</p>
<p>In the 29 drawings since the jackpot was last won in Tennessee on April 15, there have been more than 28.1 million winning tickets at all prize levels, including 42 worth $1 million or more. Those big prizes have been won in 17 states across the country: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.</p>
<p>Four Mega Millions jackpots have been won so far this year. In addition to the most recent Tennessee win at $20 million on April 15, jackpots were won in California ($426 million on January 28), New York ($128 million on March 8) and Minnesota ($110 million on April 12; that state’s very first Mega Millions jackpot win).</p>
<p>The top Mega Millions jackpots to date:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Amount</strong></td>
<td><strong>Date</strong></td>
<td><strong>Winning Tickets</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$1.537 billion</td>
<td>10/23/2018</td>
<td>1-SC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$1.050 billion</td>
<td>1/22/2021</td>
<td>1-MI</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>$1.025 billion (est)</em></td>
<td><em>7/29/2022</em></td>
<td><em>?</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$656 million</td>
<td>3/30/2012</td>
<td>3-IL, KS, MD</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$648 million</td>
<td>12/17/2013</td>
<td>2-CA, GA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">$543 million</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">7/24/2018</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1-CA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">$536 million</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">7/8/2016</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1-IN</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">$533 million</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">3/30/2018</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1-NJ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">$522 million</td>
<td colspan="1">6/7/2019</td>
<td colspan="1">1-CA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">$516 million</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">5/21//2021</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1">1-PA</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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