There’s a jackpot winner within the Mega Hundreds of thousands, because the grand prize approached $1 billion forward of Friday evening’s drawing.
The profitable jackpot ticket is in Georgia, in accordance with Mega Hundreds of thousands.
The profitable numbers within the drawing had been 1, 8, 11, 12, 57 and, for the gold Mega Ball, 7.
The jackpot grew to an estimated $980 million on Friday after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday evening. That might make it the eighth largest within the lottery recreation’s historical past.
Mega Hundreds of thousands Lottery play slips are displayed for purchasers at a comfort retailer in Chicago, April 6, 2025.
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The jackpot was beforehand final received on June 27.
The prize had an estimated money worth of $452.2 million, which will be supplied as a one-time lump sum fee or a right away fee adopted by 29 annual funds.
After 4 jackpot wins within the first half of this yr, Friday’s drawing marked the fortieth drawing on this run, a recreation document, because it was final received in Virginia on June 27.
The chances of profitable the jackpot at 1 in 290,472,336, in accordance with Mega Hundreds of thousands.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 for one play.
The most important Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot prize ever received was $1.6 billion on Aug. 8, 2023.
