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Did anybody win the Mega Millions jackpot?

The streak of drawings without a jackpot winner has been going since early June, although two players won seven-figure prize after Tuesday's drawing.
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FILE - A lottery player holds forms to pick numbers for the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries as he buys tickets, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.

WASHINGTON — There are two new millionaires in the U.S., but the Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to half a billion dollars with no jackpot winner after Tuesday's drawing.  

The latest drawing leaves the lottery game on a winless streak that has lasted since early June. The jackpot for the next drawing, on Friday, Aug. 23, is now listed at $527 million, with a cash option of $261.9 million. 

One person in Arizona matched all five white ball numbers, making their ticket worth $1 million. Another ticket in Delaware matched the same five, but the player bought the pricier "Megaplier" option, meaning their ticket will earn them $4 million.  

Mega Millions' most recent jackpot winner was an anonymous player in Illinois who won a $552 million jackpot ($260.2 million cash) on June 4. Huge jackpot wins have been the norm in 2024: A ticket sold in New Jersey hit a $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot in March, and a Powerball ticket in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion in April. 

The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302,575,350.

Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The winning numbers for Tuesday, Aug. 20 were 5-20-26-49-51, Mega Ball 24, and 4x Megaplier. 

When a winner matches all five numbers and the Mega Ball, they have the option to take the full jackpot paid out as an annuity over 30 years, or a smaller lump sum cash payout. Winners almost always take the cash option, which was $228.5 million for Friday's drawing. 

Players who match only the first five numbers win at least $1 million. 

What time is the Mega Millions drawing?

Mega Millions drawings take place on Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time.

What are the largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

  1. $2.04 billion: Powerball - Nov. 7, 2022
  2. $1.76 billion – Powerball - Oct. 11, 2023
  3. $1.586 billion: Powerball – Jan. 13, 2016
  4. $1.58 billion: Mega Millions – Aug. 8, 2023
  5. $1.537 billion: Mega Millions – Oct. 23, 2018
  6. $1.35 billion: Mega Millions - Jan. 13, 2023
  7. $1.337 billion: Mega Millions - July 29, 2022
  8. $1.326 billion: Powerball – April, 6, 2024
  9. $1.13 billion: Mega Millions - March 26, 2024
  10. $1.08 billion: Powerball – July 19, 2023

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