Two tickets sold in California were the lucky winners of the Mega Millions jackpot on Friday night. Both tickets matched all six numbers in Mega Millions’s drawing and the winners will split the $395,000,000 jackpot.
The winners of the world record jackpot overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million to land on all the numbers: 21 – 26 – 53 – 66 – 70 and Mega ball 13. The Megaplier was 3X.
There were also 10 nationwide tickets that won $10,000 prizes, and another 2 tickets won $30,000.
The total prize money for the awards reaches over $3.8 million.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Mega Millions combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Megaplier” on Fri, Dec 8, 2023:
| Match | Winners | Prize | Megaplier Winners | Megaplier Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 2 | 395,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 0 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 3,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 10 | 10,000 USD | 2 | 30,000 USD |
| O O O O | 282 | 500 USD | 68 | 1,500 USD |
| O O O | O | 750 | 200 USD | 211 | 600 USD |
| O O O | 18,604 | 10 USD | 4,935 | 30 USD |
| O O | O | 17,881 | 10 USD | 4,859 | 30 USD |
| O | O | 147,761 | 4 USD | 41,237 | 12 USD |
| | O | 374,016 | 2 USD | 105,336 | 6 USD |
The winners can opt for annual payments over decades or an immediate lump sum.
Ticket sales and payouts had risen steadily as weeks came and went without a jackpot winner since Oct. 6, 2023, when the amount was reset at $20 million.
Mega Millions is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery game offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Mega Millions draws on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m.
The odds of winning the jackpot with a ticket are 1-in-302,575,350.
Now that a winning ticket has been drawn, the jackpot will be reset to $20,000,000.
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