No winner for Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot

WASHINGTON — The subsequent winner of the Mega Millions jackpot might stroll away with $630 million. 

Nobody received the jackpot in Tuesday’s drawing, leaving the highest prize — near $555 million — unclaimed. The lump sum money payout for that prize would have been $316.9 million. 

Although no person received outright, gamers in 4 states obtained all 5 numbers right. Those tickets have been offered in Arizona, California, North Carolina and New Hampshire.

In order to win the jackpot, a winner must get all 5 numbers right in addition to the Gold Mega Ball quantity.

Although the subsequent prize has jumped even greater above the half-a-billion mark, its place within the report books hasn’t modified. If any person wins Friday’s drawing, it is going to be the fifth-largest prize within the recreation’s 20-year historical past.  

The profitable numbers for Tuesday’s drawing have been 2-31-32-37-70, with a Gold Mega Ball 25.

The Mega Millions jackpot has steadily grown since somebody final received in mid-April.

While the prize cash is actually life altering, it is from breaking lottery information. Last yr, a Mega Millions jackpot cracked the $1 billion mark for simply the second time. A four-member suburban Detroit lottery membership received that $1.05 billion jackpot and selected the lump sump, receiving $557 million after taxes.

The Mega Millions drawing is on Friday, July 22 at 11 p.m. ET.

1. $1.537 billion – 10/23/2018
2. $1.050 billion – 1/22/2021
3. $656 million – 3/30/2012
4. $648 million – 12/17/2013
5. $630 million – – (est.) 7/22/2022
6. $543 million – 7/24/2018
7. $536 million – 7/8/2016
8. $533 million – 3/30/2018
9. $522 million -6/7/2019
10. $516 million – 5/21//2021

Mega Millions is performed on Tuesdays and Fridays in 45 states in addition to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.