Update 1: Winning ticket locations and other details
Update 2: Final jackpot numbers released, story updated
Winning tickets in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing with a jackpot of $414 million, the third largest in its history, were sold in Florida and Maryland, state lottery officials said.
The final lump-sum cash value of the jackpot is $230.9 million.
After the final jackpot totals were counted, the annuity jackpot of $414 million remained the 7th-largest United States jackpot of all time, but the cash value jumped up one place on the list to the 8th-largest cash value in history.
The Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday night were 11, 19, 24, 33, and 51, with Mega Ball number 7.
The jackpot grew after no one matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing.
Florida lottery officials say their winning ticket was sold at a Sunoco convenience store in Merritt Island on the Space Coast. That winner has 180 days to come forward, and state lotto officials will release his or her name and city of residence.
Maryland lottery officials say their winning ticket was sold at Lady Liquor in La Plata, south of Washington. The winner has 182 days to claim the prize and can do so anonymously.
Both retailers receive $100,000 commissions for selling the winning tickets.
The record U.S. jackpot of $656 million was in a March 2012 Mega Millions drawing. In December 2013, lucky ticket holders struck the second largest Mega Millions jackpot of $648 million.
The game is offered in 43 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In December, a winner in Northern California split a $648 million jackpot (the second largest in game history) with a winner in Atlanta.
The store where a winning ticket is sold can receive up to $1 million in winnings, depending on the size of the jackpot, virtually assuring that whoever sells the winning ticket on Tuesday will get a seven-figure bonus of their own.
The largest lottery jackpot ever was a Mega Millions drawing in 2012 for $656 million. That prize was split among winners in three states.
Boooooooooooooo I had two numbers and the Mega Ball. Kind of dissapointed as the numbers I play really matched up well tonight as my highest number is 33. That's life, maybe next time.
Parties over everyone, go home! Florida and Maryland had to go ruin it for the rest of us..........
Why does it always become way too easy to win when jackpots hit the $400 million mark?
I'm convinced there will never be a billion $ jackpot ever.
No congrats either, F them both!
However for 2 lucky ticket holders, the party is just beginning.
FL winner atfer max fed rate will have 67,889,600 million ish.
the Maryland: 8.75% State Tax , if they live in the state. OH. so there total will be 61,949,260 million ish. for them, give or take a few million demands on how you account the state tax credit to federal tax etc.
Hearsetrax you must of confused my sarcasm for whining....
Great news to read that someone in Florida and Maryland won the big prize. The California - NY winning streak has been broken. It was about time!
I was joking that Fondulac Wisconsiin has not had a big winner in years.
Hurry! Call one for jjthe prince!
Congratulation to the winners.....
Congrats to the winner in the Free State of Florida
better luck next time DP1
Better luck to you also hearse
Dont forget the Free state of Maryland, and the eight other Free states that won a million, but I think even 2 of them were in Fl as well
Congrats to both winners. Florida also had 2 winners for $1,000,000 second prizes. Florida players have been on a roll since the new year.
Congratulations to all the WHINERS. You now have more to whine about. You can now include Florida with Cali and NY as states that rig the PB and MM.
Nice job winners, congrats
Pot meet kettle!
Uh, well, Maryland is anything but free ............
Taxes on the square footage of your driveway & roof to "save the Chesapeake Bay" LOL!
And don't even try exercising your full Second Amendment Civil Rights
Plus the money in Florida ONLY pays Federal Tax!
Pay no mind to him. He's one of those Fox News crackhead that see the world thru a laughable lens. A dying breed. I wouldn't worry about him. He's consumed by silly politics. Not much education to boot.
Pay no mind to thaencyder. He's one of those MSNBC Kool Aid drinkers that sees the world thru the very laughable lens. A dying breed. He's consumed by mindless sycophancy. Educated beyond his intelligence LOL. AND, he forgot to call me a 'racist' LOL
Congratulations to the winners. May they put the money to good use.
Actually he is right on the money according to the 2012 election results. http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/MD A democrat state usually means a loss of liberty.
Congrats to the winners and i hope they enjoy their winnings!!!
Congrats to all Winners
Oh well. I've got tickets for tonight's PB and Tx Lotto.
Congrats to the winners! Woo-hoo!!!!
I didn't want to win it anyway.
Stupid lottery.
Congratulations to the winners may they enjoy their new found riches! Hey, maybe Gloria won again!!
HAPPY HUMP DAY INDEED..
MADGENIUSDUDE...GOTTA LOVE THE WAY U DANCE.......;...))
As a Resident from Montgomery County MARYLAND....I wish them all the Best of Luck...I'ts great to C A Kindred Spirit WIN BIG MEGA$$$$$$$$$. So rare. Just want to know if like me they have a Personal Number Series OR use QPK. It doesn't work for us here as in other States. Cannot wait to find out how MARYLAND WON. RARE WIN.
CONGRATS MARYLAND TIME TO CELELBRATE..
FLORIDA HAS ITS FIRST MEGA MILLIONS® JACKPOT WINNER! ~ Florida Player to Split $414 Million Jackpot ~
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery today announced that one lucky player matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Tuesday, March 18, MEGA MILLIONS® drawing and will split the $414 million jackpot with one other winner who purchased their ticket in Maryland.
The winning MEGA MILLIONS numbers were: 11-19-24-33-51and the Mega Ball was 7. The Megaplier® was 3. The jackpot-winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at Sunoco, located at 600 S. Courtenay Parkway in Merritt Island. The retailer will receive a $100,000 bonus commission. Florida also had two other $1 million winners in last night's drawing. The $1 million winning tickets were purchased at Publix, located at 13390 Perdido Key Drive in Pensacola and at Publix, located at 415 21st Street in Vero Beach. Those retailers will each receive a $1,000 bonus.
"We are thrilled to have our first MEGA MILLIONS jackpot winner within the first year of Florida joining the game," said Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell. "Beyond the excitement of meeting the winner to award this prize, we are very proud that Florida ticket sales from this jackpot generated $16.9 million in revenue for education programs in the state."
Ticket sales were not what they should of been. Looks like the rest of the country is realizing they don't have a chance anymore.
Yep, people may be starting to wake up. Jackpot fatigue is spreading.
Now it's like, "Meh...wake me when it's half a billion."
Can we get a jackpot win in the state of north Carolina. 4 year drought here
Cute. Because the world only fits in either this or that for your below average intelligence self, right?
lol
good luck popping a blood vessel and screaming at the TV. lol
Looks like that collar is on a bit tight!
Welcome Lord!
cause I wanna go swimming
The news story was updated with the final jackpot annuity and cash values — $414 million annuity, $230.9 million cash value.
Could you imagine.
IQ of 120 is pretty good for me LOL
and I remain as calm as ever ............
Yeah, the last few rolls had disappointing increases. I think another factor is the fact that these large jackpots aren't rare anymore, it's almost like a "once in every 3-month" occurrence. If people missed out on this one, there's another big one sure to come along soon.
playing the lottery to own a Rolls Royce Wraith . And unlimited Mountain Dew. Let's go Powerball
Can't imagine winning and getting a raise too.
I already bought my PB ticket. I wish I hit the JP.
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The Maryland winner has the benefit of complete anonymity. The winner of Florida has the benefit of not having to pay state taxes on this win. It would be nice to have both these benefits. Anybody know if there is a state that allows complete anonymity and also has no state taxes on lottery?
Hi Marilyn, what's up?
I've seen you before, in my dreams!
Really? jejejeje
I wish to win a JP before I age...jejejeje
Golfer1960, my sentiments exactly ... again.
Delaware has no State Tax on Lottery Prizes and you can remain anonymous also!
Unfortunately that was changed a few years ago. Delaware "DOES" now tax lottery winnings, but one can still remain anonymous
Jejejeje Here is my pic.
Either admin & dpoly1 are right or you are right. On the USA MEGA jackpot analysis section it states that DE has no state taxes on lottery just like dpoly1 has pointed out but you disagree.
this is from the delaware lottery website
How much is taken out of my winnings for Federal and State taxes?
For any prize of more than $5,000, the Lottery withholds 25% of your winnings for Federal tax. All winning Delaware Lottery tickets are subject to Delaware Income Tax. However, if you are not a Delaware resident, your state may tax your winnings.
I just went to Delaware Lottery site and they now tax winnings.
The matrix on this site still lists them as not taxing lottery winnings.
It seems USAMEGA admin didn't change the website.
What can I tell ya?
jejejeje....
Now don't hate on us morbidly obese women. I may end up with my own tv show someday. je je je je
I didn't say anything?...
Here's a tip...you might want to bet on your numbers:
Cholesterol:
Triglycerides:
Glucose:
B/P:
Pulse Ox (on room air):
MM/PB, BMI:
Jejejejeje...
Reading some of the lottery press releases you can tell that they are anxious to hit record levels.
Even MUSL has been including $1 billion+ jackpots in PB estimation documents lately:
I'm curious as to their reasoning for projecting that far ahead, I imagine it's to have something to look forward to
Where did you find those at?
Curious as to why the sales would go down every other draw?
I was going to bet your IQ but there is no such thing as a pick two. Je Je je
On the jackpot documents distributed to Powerball lotteries. The text I posted is actually not black on the doc, so it's not something clearly visible. Seems to act as a kind of placemarker. There are no forecasts between the next draw (which will be $96M if no winner btw) and the dates I posted, however.
Yes, it seems odd but sales have a limited capacity. There are only so many terminals which can only print so many tickets within an allotted timespan. There are 3 days to buy tickets for Saturday draws (Thursday-Saturday), but 4 days to buy for the Wednesday draw (Sunday-Wednesday). Another factor would be advance draw sales....people waiting to see if it will go higher then buying advance draw sales with their Saturday purchase.
They're expecting almost twice as much in sales with only an extra day worth of sales? Am I reading that right?
I do find the artist very good, but I do not appreciate it. Jejejeje...
and if you do, oh well...who am I to judge?
...besides, I can't wait to win to expose myself. Why wait? jejejeje
I hope things go well for the winners, whoever they are. I won't be buying again until the jackpot reaches $100 million. Since the odds have gotten so out of hand on Powerball and MegaMillions, I only play them myself when the jackpots break $100 million. I may up that a little more if jackpots that high get more common. I still play in my 12 person lottery pool at work though, since it gives me chances at 3 different games.
Lately I'm concentrating on Louisiana Lotto and Easy 5, along with the Lotto Lagniappe raffle game. Basically, if I buy 5 Lotto tickets, I get a bonus raffle ticket with prize of $50,000 and with Lotto at $1.45million, I'm willing to buy extra tickets.
...well said for the poem. Thanks Michael. Jejeje
Well, I think those are very premature and speculative figures. Nobody really "knows" for certain how players will behave once the jackpot tops $1 billion. But if it rolls past a billion, then people will be looking forward to $2 billion and so forth. It would be pretty crazy.
I'm not sure we'll ever get to that point with the current game and cost structure, though. MUSL projects a jackpot of $1 billion about once in 10 years. With sales of $439,506,354 we would be looking at less than 30% chance of rollover. For $1,242,906,565 that drops to less than 3% chance of rollover.
I will not buy any ticket yet. I will wait until MM/PB JP goes up again jejejeje...
It seems that my state of Maryland is a Mega Millions state instead of a Powerball one
NO WAY ARTIST!!!!!
jejejeje...
Go ahead Marilyn expose yourself!
How about an "over the shoulder pose"?
Expose yourself? you mean like the 18-year old girl from Duke?
I was thinking the same thing and wondering how they were going to twist ANOTHER non-California non-New York win into their BS 'theory'. I'm guessing Florida will now have to be in on the big conspiracy.
Time to chase the PowerBall game. Will the Mega Game Jackpot exceed the Power Ball Jackpot before there is a winner in the latter game?
Wait, did you just brag about taking a standardize and (well debunked) test that allegedly proves your intelligence?
ahahaha
are you serious? Oh my!! Thanks for the laughs. boy have I overestimated your intelligence as it is. Lmao.
I got 2 numbers and the Megaball on Friday and 2 numbers on Tuesday. She'll come around. We are getting close.
I think I'll try my luck with scratch-off tickets twice a week until the Mega gets above $100ms. Haven't played those for over 15 years now but can you guys recommend any good scratch off lottery game that pays millions or thousands pers week for life (heard that somewhere) and only cost a dollar? I';mm iinn Waaashhhinnnggton s-ttate.
3 years ago, I'm not allowed to buy the ticket yet. My mom used to buy them for me. Now I can jejeje...wait 'til I turn 21 and you'd see a young JP winner here.
I wonder why mostly JP winners are aged? Jejejeje...maybe this time for once I'd see someone young to win, at least.
Young people rarely play the lottery , I'm 22 and none of my friends play.
I want the lottery ppl target the young once. Let us win instead of them letting 75-year old ppl win, what's the use?
Give us a chance too. We need it more than they do, don't you think?
I did not play in my 20's. Too busy getting my degrees..barely had time to eat, let alone buy tickets.
Marilyn: Watcha talkin bout Willis? What poem and my name is not Michael.
lol
Lol...don't know what to say?
That picture looks like J.Lo after she lost a good portion of her behind.
Nice pic of Oprah!
I was so upset when J. Lo lost all that behind.
Hi,
My name is dorothy.
I just would like to say hello to you all. My thing is the pick 3.
If any one knows a great but easy work out that really work
please let me know. I have been on 769, but it keep getting blocked.
Any one eles is feeling that in Va.
Dorothy54