There was no winner in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, which means the jackpot is closing in on $1 billion days after a winner in California claimed that prize in the Powerball.
The numbers drawn Tuesday were 29-40-47-50-57 and the Megaball was 25. The multiplier was 4X.
Eight tickets matched the first five numbers with a $1 million prize, according to Mega Millions. Those tickets were sold in California, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and New Jersey.
A player won the Mega Millions at $1.337 billion on July 29, 2022, according to Mega Millions. That was the third time Mega Millions awarded a prize larger than $1 billion. There have been four winning jackpots of $1 billion or more.
No one has won the Mega Millions big prize since April 18, when a $20 million jackpot was won on a ticket sold in New York. Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands for $2 each.
Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has awarded four jackpots topping $1 billion, according to the promotion’s website. The jackpot rose into 10-digit figures one time each in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Here are the top 10 Mega Millions jackpots
- $1.537 billion -- Oct. 23, 2018 (One ticket from South Carolina)
- $1.348 billion -- Jan. 13, 2023 (One ticket from Maine)
- $1.337 billion -- July 29, 2022 (One ticket from Illinois)
- $1.05 billion -- Jan. 22, 2021 (One ticket from Michigan)
- $820 million (estimated) -- July 25, 2023
- $656 million -- March 30, 2012 (One ticket each from Kansas, Illinois, Maryland)
- $648 million -- Dec. 17. 2013 (One ticket each from California and Georgia)
- $543 million -- July 24, 2018 (One ticket from California)
- $536 million -- July 8, 2016 (One ticket from Indiana)
- $533 million -- March 30, 2018 (One ticket from New Jersey)