Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars to $1.55 billion
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After more than three months without a big winner, the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to the highest-ever pot for the lottery on Friday night.
No player hit all six numbers to win the $1.35 billion jackpot Friday. The next drawing Tuesday night will be worth an estimated $1.55 billion, or $757.2 million for the cash option.
What are the 8/4/23 winning Mega Millions numbers?
Here are the Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday, Aug. 4, 2023:
11 - 30 - 45 - 52- 56 and Mega Ball 20
Megaplierwas 2x
Who were the winners in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Aug. 4?
Although there were no jackpot winners, there were 5,331,114 winning tickets at all prize levels. Nine tickets matched the five white balls to win the $1 million second-tier prize. There were sold in Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and Texas.
Since the last jackpot was claimed on April 18, there have been 62 prizes of $1 million or more, won from 27 different states, Mega Millions stated in a news release. Delaware is not among those 27.
In Delaware, 22,459 tickets won a prize Friday. The biggest winners were two non-jackpot prizes of $10,000, for matching four numbers, plus the Megaball, according to the Delaware Lottery website.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
The next drawing is Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 11 p.m. In Delaware, you can purchase tickets until 9:45 p.m. that day for a chance to win.
You can purchase tickets until 10:45 p.m. in New Jersey and 9:59 p.m. in Pennsylvania.
Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.
How to play the Mega Millions
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play.
There are nine total ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2.
Players can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: five different numbers from the white balls numbered 1-70 and one number from the gold balls numbered 1-25.
- 5 + 1 = Jackpot.
- 5 + 0 = $1 million.
- 4 + 1 = $10,000.
- 4 + 0 = $500.
- 3 + 1 = $200.
- 3 + 0 = $10.
- 2 + 1= $10.
- 1 + 1 = $4.
- 0 + 1 = $2.
You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.
You can either pick your lucky numbers yourself or select Easy Pick or Quick Pick and have the numbers auto-drawn. If you can't make up your mind, the Mega Millions website has a random number generator.
What is the Megaplier?
Most states offer the Megaplier feature, which increases non-jackpot prizes from 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."
What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot?
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 303 million, and the odds of winning the $1 million prize are 1 in 12.6 million.
The overall chance of winning any prize is 1 in 24.
