RELEASE DATE: 2/24/2024
The Mega Millions® jackpot is gaining momentum! The estimated jackpot for next Tuesday, February 27, is $563 million ($265.4 million cash). If won at that level, it would be the eighth largest jackpot in the nearly 22-year history of the game. The top prize rolls after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night – the white balls 4, 6, 40, 41 and 60, plus the gold Mega Ball 11.
There were still plenty of winners in the February 23 drawing – a total of 1,027,544 winning tickets at all other prize levels. Across the country, 22 tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. Seven of those are worth $50,000 each because they included the optional Megaplier (available in most states with an extra $1 purchase), which was 5X for this drawing. The other 15 third-tier winning tickets take home the standard $10,000 each.
Since the last jackpot was won on December 8 with two tickets in California, there have been more than 14 million winning tickets at all non-jackpot prize levels, ranging from $2 up to $4 million. These include 25 second-tier prizes of $1 million or more, won in 16 different jurisdictions from coast to coast: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has awarded five jackpots exceeding $1 billion – all in different states (Florida, South Carolina, Maine, Illinois and Michigan). Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each; in most jurisdictions, players can add the Megaplier for an additional $1 to multiply their non-jackpot prizes. Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia.
The top Mega Millions jackpots:
| Amount |
Date |
Winning Tickets |
| $1.602 billion |
8/8/2023 |
1-FL |
| $1.537 billion |
10/23/2018 |
1-SC |
| $1.348 billion |
1/13/2023 |
1-ME |
| $1.337 billion |
7/29/2022 |
1-IL |
| $1.050 billion |
1/22/2021 |
1-MI |
| $656 million |
3/30/2012 |
3-IL, KS, MD |
| $648 million |
12/17/2013 |
2-CA, GA |
| $563 million (est) |
2/27/2024 |
? |
| $543 million |
7/24/2018 |
1-CA |
| $536 million |
7/8/2016 |
1-IN |
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