$1.025 BILLION Mega Millions jackpot is 4th largest the world has ever seen
Cash value is $602.5 million
By Todd Northrop
The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, "Did you get Mega Millions tickets?"
That's because nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing Tuesday night, sending the Friday jackpot to heights only seen three times before in history.
The multi-state game is now sporting a jackpot of more than $1 billion, with a cash value of nearly two-thirds of a billion dollars.
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is currently estimated at $1.025 billion, with a lump-sum cash value of $602.5 million. And based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kicks off Friday night.
To get to this size, the jackpot has been growing since it started on April 19 as a $20 million prize — now 29 consecutive drawings without a winner.
Friday's billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot is the 3rd-largest in the game's history, and the 4th-largest lottery jackpot in world history. The largest lottery jackpot ever awarded was on January 13, 2016, when three tickets from California, Florida, and Tennessee shared a $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot. Mega Millions had its largest-ever jackpot — valued at $1.537 billion — awarded to a single winning ticket claimed anonymously in South Carolina.
The lump-sum cash value of $602.5 million is also the 4th-largest on the all-time lottery jackpot cash value rankings (see full list below).
Lottery players dreaming what all the cash will look like in their bank account after federal and state taxes are taken out can see an after-tax analysis of the current Mega Millions jackpot by visiting USA Mega's Mega Millions Jackpot Analysis page. The Jackpot Analysis page has recently been improved to also include the additional taxes that will be due after the initial withholdings, and will even allow players to see the taxes due under different filing statuses.
The rush of ticket sales over the next few days likely will propel the jackpot to an even higher amount before the drawing takes place Friday. Lottery Post and USA Mega will update the jackpot tallies displayed if such an increase occurs.
The quickest way to find the winning numbers after the drawing Friday will be by visiting USA Mega (www.usamega.com) at 11:00 pm Eastern Time (8:00 pm Pacific), when the winning numbers will be published live as they are drawn.
Players looking for the nearest official lottery retailer — or maybe just a different store without such a long line — are urged to use the free Lottery Places app available for iOS, Android, and Windows. The app can find lottery stores in every Mega Millions state and can search across state lines — something even official state lotteries can't do.
Some state lotteries offer online ticket purchases, allowing players to bypass the store completely. Such is the case with Michigan and Virginia. Other states such as Minnesota, Orgeon, and Texas use a state-licensed courier service to enable online purchases. Players outside the USA can use a reputable butler service that delivers scanned images of the lottery tickets to verify the ticket purchase and ownership. In the past, the lottery ticket service was used by people out side the USA to win big jackpots in Oregon and Florida.
In Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, there was no jackpot winner, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Florida, 1 from Illinois, 2 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, and 2 from Ohio.
The California second-prize winner will be awarded $2,912,502 instead of the fixed $1 million prize awarded in the other states. By law, California awards all lottery prizes on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning the prizes will change each drawing based on the number of tickets sold within California and the number of tickets that won at each prize level in the state. In this drawing the pari-mutuel prize calculation meant a nearly 3-times larger prize than what the other states award, but sometimes that can mean a smaller prize too.
Out of all the second-prize tickets, only the one from Ohio was purchased with the Megaplier option for an extra $1 per play, multiplying their prize to $3 million because the Megaplier number drawn was 3.
The Megaplier option is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered with the Megaplier is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts.
Also, a total of 156 tickets matched four of the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball to win a $10,000 prize. Of those tickets, 36 were purchased with the Megaplier option, increasing the prize to $30,000, and 22 were sold in California, where the prize awarded this drawing is $12,314.
The Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, July 26, 2022, were 7, 29, 60, 63, and 66, with Mega Ball number 15. The Megaplier number was 3.
Following the Tuesday drawing, the Mega Millions annuity jackpot estimate was raised $195 million from its previous amount of $830 million. The cash value was raised by $114.6 million from its previous amount of $487.9 million.
Mega Millions is currently offered for sale in 45 states, plus Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 pm Eastern Time. Tickets cost $2 each.
Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot currently stands as the 4th-largest lottery jackpot in world history. That position may rise before the drawing, as lotteries are typically conservative in their initial estimates, and brisk sales may push the jackpot estimate higher by draw time.
- Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 (36 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Michigan
- Mega Millions: $1.025 billion, Jul. 29, 2022 (29 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
- Powerball: $768.4 million, Mar. 27, 2019 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Wisconsin
- Powerball: $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Massachusetts
- Powerball: $731.1 million, Jan. 20, 2021 (35 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Maryland
- Powerball: $699.8 million, Oct. 4, 2021 (40 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California
- Powerball: $687.8 million, Oct. 27, 2018 (21 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Iowa, New York
- Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 (18 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Mega Millions: $648 million, Dec. 17, 2013 (21 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - California, Georgia
- Powerball: $632.6 million, Jan 5, 2022 (39 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California, Wisconsin
- Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 (13 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Florida
- Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 (15 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Powerball: $559.7 million, Jan. 6, 2018 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $543 million, Jul. 24, 2018 (22 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Mega Millions: $536 million, Jul. 8, 2016 (34 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Indiana
- Mega Millions: $533 million, Mar. 30, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $522 million, Jun. 7, 2019 (24 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Mega Millions: $516 million, May 21, 2021 (26 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Pennsylvania
- Powerball: $487 million, Jul. 30, 2016 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
- Powerball: $473.1 million, Apr. 27, 2022 (30 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Arizona
- Powerball: $456.7 million, Mar. 17, 2018 (19 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Pennsylvania
- Mega Millions: $451 million, Jan. 5, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Florida
For those keeping score, the number of jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 14
- Mega Millions: 11
Top 25 cash value jackpots
Since many lottery winners collect their winnings in cash, the lump-sum payout is an important measure of what a winning ticket could be worth.
Looking at the cash value, the upcoming Mega Millions jackpot ranks as the 4th-largest cash value in world history.
- Powerball: $983.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2016 ($1.5864 billion annuity) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $877.8 million cash, Oct. 23, 2018 ($1.537 billion annuity) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $776.6 million cash, Jan. 22, 2021 ($1.05 billion annuity) - Michigan
- Mega Millions: $602.5 million cash, Jul. 29, 2022 ($1.025 billion annuity) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
- Powerball: $546.8 million cash, Jan. 20, 2021 ($731.1 million annuity) - Maryland
- Powerball: $496 million cash, Oct. 4, 2021 ($699.8 million annuity) - California
- Powerball: $480.5 million cash, Aug. 23, 2017 ($758.7 million annuity) - Massachusetts
- Powerball: $477 million cash, Mar. 27, 2019 ($768.4 million annuity) - Wisconsin
- Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Powerball: $450.2 million cash, Jan. 5, 2022 ($632.6 million annuity) - California, Wisconsin
- Powerball: $396.2 million cash, Oct. 27, 2018 ($687.8 million annuity) - Iowa, New York
- Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Mega Millions: $378 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($536 million annuity) - Indiana
- Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
- Powerball: $352 million cash, Jan. 6, 2018 ($559.7 million annuity) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $349.3 million cash, May 21, 2021 ($516 million annuity) - Pennsylvania
- Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($648 million annuity) - California, Georgia
- Powerball: $341.7 million cash, Jul. 30, 2016 ($487 million annuity) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $340 million cash, Jun. 7, 2019 ($522 million annuity) - California
- Mega Millions: $324 million cash, Mar. 30, 2018 ($533 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $320.5 million cash, Jul. 24, 2018 ($543 million annuity) - California
- Mega Millions: $319.9 million cash, Jun. 9, 2020 ($414 million annuity) - Arizona
- Mega Millions: $314.4 million cash, Sep. 21, 2021 ($431 million annuity) - New York
- Mega Millions: $292.9 million cash, Jan. 28, 2022 ($426 million annuity) - California
The number of cash value jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 12
- Mega Millions: 13
Wowza. Friday is going to be interesting.
1-2-3-4-5 + 6
I tried that combination, but didn't win anything. =0p
Does anyone know why the Delaware Lottery website showed no jackpot winner and the next jackpot amount way before anyone else? I think it was at least 30 mins sooner.
I noticed my eBay sales have stopped since this jackpot was increasing to this level.
At the 500 Million mark, people tend to stop doing eBay, and buy Mega Millions tickets.
Maybe this will prove to the MUSL that people are once again back to buying lottery tickets and can raise the starting jackpot back to $40 mil.
Buy....buy....buy....WIN!
Back to Billion dollars .How crazy would it be to roll pass 2 Billion if no winners Friday
The Delaware lottery always shows the next advertised jackpot even if it's won before the results are posted.
Oh no 1-2-3-4-5-6 is the worst combination to play. Even if by some miracle this number is drawn, you will have to share the jackpot with too many people. I read that 10K people play this number daily.
I am reminded of the tv show LOST. Hurley won the lottery with the numbers 4-8-15-16-23-42. In May 2011, the mega million jackpot was $355M. On that day 4 of those 6 numbers were drawn and 41,763 people won $150 each.
Wonder if Raising Cane gonna buy more tickets?
I had nothing this round and atill have me multidraws til next Friday
The owner said he'd be buying 50k tickets for every draw until the jackpot is finally won.
I hate to break the news to you and everyone else. No employer is buying their employees mega million tickets.
He didn't say it. someone else puts it in the news.
Where do you think this one ends up, a winning ticket or multiple on Friday or another rollover?
It's been a long time since we've seen the country go completely bananas for a lottery drawing. I'm hoping for a rollover so we'll get to see it again. Plus that 2016 record is getting a little stale. Let's gooooooo!
Yes, the record needs to be broken. And the country needs a diversion from so much negativity. $2B let's do this.
Yes, let this one shatter the glass ceiling!
Todd & Kate...now where were the two million dollar tickets sold in New Jersey??
Well here's hoping a new record is set soon.
Negative thinking got me! I said no 60s would come out and they brought 3 again and 2 were repeats!
Yes, the record needs to be broken. And the country needs a diversion from so much negativity. $2B let's do this.
I wonder if state governments will soon be crying because lottery sales have plummeted in recent months. Less revenue for construction projects and funding public employee pensions. A one billion dollar jackpot is a lagging indicator of an economic recession.
* Nevertheless- if it's a split, here's hoping we have a forum member getting a piece of the action.
Someone in California won 5/6 ... in Baker. One of the top selling stores in the state.
From the NJ Lottery:
There were two second-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Tuesday, July 26, drawing that matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1,000,000 prize. Those tickets were sold at the following locations:
Wow still no guarantee
I thought for sure he had it in the bag
if that were to happen I would ctfu.
hhhmmm that is interesting.
If it happens to roll Friday i wonder how much the next JP will go to?
Just like all news stories. They need free advertisement. That's all I will say.
The CEO of RC's posted it on his own Twitter. Regardless of what you think of Twitter, it is him putting forth this story. Yes, I know it is a publicity stunt. Not sure why you keep arguing with people that this is fake news when you've been shown proof several times. It's not the first time someone has bought thousands of tickets for a large jackpot.
But, seeing as you only accept numerology as proof...
See? The numbers are different. It's not fake news.
no he didn't. Never bought tickets at all. prove to me then. the ceos name equals 56.
How do you know he posted it?
"okay, whatever" = 154
"arguing with you is pointless" = 355
"best of luck to you in any case" = 301
So you're the saying the interviews he's done, and his social media posts directly from his account about purchasing 50k tickets were all a setup by somebody else? Shocking!!! (Hopefully, the sarcasm resonated throughout my comment)
There are videos on youtube and other places i can prove to you. Ever watch something on the news where a quotes claim something and it's not actually true. it's not him, just like when trump , biden, pelosi, or any of those clowns they're not saying anything. they're actors, the same with that CEO.
If that company paid out that amt if they won and they did actually then they're stock goes up.
That isn't a CEO, that is a puppet being mastered by the people who run the world.
you're doing it wrong.
i bought all numbers with mega play and only was given the mega ball in quick picks.get more in my own numbers but not always mega ball.
I wonder how someone would buy that many tickets. I guess he could send 500 people to each buy 100 tickets.
Am in a dry period, can't win anything,
not bingo or mega ball geesh
Maybe 1.5bil and none on Tuesday close to $2biis my guess
Just scratch in on 5 tickets quick picks on 5 numbers equals 25 mb numbers,plus mega play equals all number but didn't get anything else,they very stingy.
JJ get it!!! Its all yours!! Its just too easy!!!
Doesn't take a rocketscientist to figure it he didn't write it.
I need to know more about this Rising Cain conspiracy theory. A chicken joint with a weird name, $100000 spent on losing lottery tickets, deep fake videos. If this will help me win a billy I'm all ears.
Great combination.
For the less than enthused.
Ya know you gonna split the JP with
like 10,000 people if your "GENIUS' numbas come out?
Well I guess a 1000 bucks is better then zero bucks.
i went over my quick picks from 2018 to now from 4 different states.none of them would have won anything within the white balls,just the mega ball which is not much.i wonder who they keeping the winning combinations for,what state?
I concur with Todd.
But without the genius Speler we will have a hard time winning!
I found a real life photo of Speler!! I have two dollars for you to play!!!!Email me!!!
LETS GO!!!
That's hot! Especially in July
I'm working on ideas for combinations.
MM workouts...!
I'm ready, 2+2=5 right? 
What is the point of doing that?
I have a software purchased yrs ago fr some website with all the combos but too time consuming
the numbers are1-75 b4 changed to 1-70
I give up, am tired!
I just want to retire a lil earlier and visit several places for a month each--just want peace
Montreal
Monaco
Milan
Spain
dream big
I like 2 beef enchiladas with rice and beans 🤣
BBQ on the side....imo
But then as soon as it gets hit everyone gets deflated again. No one wants to play it for weeks and weeks so they start looking at Powerball well maybe if that reaches 200m I might jump in. What happened to the days when people just dreamt about being a millionaire. Yes, one paltry million. Ok, it is 2 million now that you need but still.
Caution: Adult language
Travie McCoy: Billionaire ft. Bruno Mars
Considering the lowest jackpot win in the last couple years was $106 million, they could easily raise the starting jackpot. Though it doesn't make a difference if nobody wins it.
Ticket sales almost double from Friday and had a slightly better than a 50% chance of someone winning. Even the jackpot hunters will be buying tickets for Friday's draw.
Does anyone know the last draw combos for Friday's date maybe last two or three?
We may have another round before a winning ticket shows
hold your breath, the jackpot rolls to over 1.8 billion dollars
dazed
The last times July 29th fell on a MM drawing day were back in 2016, 2014, and 2011. You can go to usamega.com to see what numbers came out those dates. That site goes all the way back to the first MM drawing. The only thing is, MM format last changed in October 2017.
It's here on this we site under past results or check your state lottery website
Holdin u to it, maybe, lines aren't long and then again, Friday's are paydays
How is the Mega billions when it's only 1 billion and if anybody wins it's Millions after taxes.. get out of here with all the hype I'm not buying it
What can I give the man that has everything when I win Todd ??
Whatcha need a new yatch ??
You got it !!
LOL !!!
There is talk of Mega Millions upping the ticket cost to $5 a ticket. Back in 2016 when it hit 1.5B, if those tickets were $5 each, that jackpot would've been over 5 Billion. I hate to pay that much for a ticket, but I love seeing billion dollar lotteries. lol
However, i think people would spend less money, $20 for 4 tkts
that wld be my limit
Come on MUSL...this is making me crazy...certainly the pot will sweeten up before 2300 Friday!
Keep in mind that MUSL has nothing to do with Mega Millions.
Mega Millions is organized by member states, and is not part of MUSL. Currently the head of the Mega Millions group is Pat McDonald, the Director of the Ohio Lottery. You can see an interview of him in our recent video.
That isn't a CEO, that is a puppet being mastered by the people who run the world.
As usual, Kate outdid herself. How I missed this video is beyond me. Was so engaged and learned a lot!
As you know this lottery guy sends questions to the KY lottery on their FB msg page. Initially on ilottery they would not offer Pick 3 or Pick 4 as they said it would hurt Mom and Pop stores. So that changed. Then emailed a question why can't I play the same #'s on say Pick 3 for Mid-day & Evening @ the same time vs doing it separately. Again the generic answer given about Mom and Pop stores.
So to help out retailers it seems the (KY) Powerball NY rocking Eve contest is only available @ retailers, no on-line sales allowed to enter. Also no scratch tickets are the same on-line or in store purchases. Also cannot play Fastplay (yet!) on-line and kind of glad about that. The ease of clicking and buying a $20 ticket with the country's highest Fastplay jackpot would be so tempting!
Thanks again for setting me straight!!
Me too. All I really need is a million (or 2 million w/megaplier/powerplay). It would take care of me til I die and the kiddos could have the rest.
I only spend $4 . Everyone on here has a system or something. I'm taking a close look at the date carefully. looking at past draws too.
Yea, I have 3-4 ways too
The jackpot has been raised already. It is now $648 million.
Currently $1.1 billon US dollars
If I won, I'd put 100 mil on the next drawing just to win it back to back!
Dont believe the hype.
The only reason nobody is winning is because the repeating pattern for numbers is dormant.
That is the easiest pattern to take advantage of in ANY game.
Also this is the first over a billion JP amount with the $2 price point, so its not really a milestone at all IMHO.
They got to a billion before with the $1 ticket price.
They are gonna gamble big time with their cash cow, with a $5 ticket price and $10 gas, empty store shelves, and
Bidenflation now offically turned into a Biden RECESSION.
Lets Go Brandon!!!
After the jackpot is won, it's reset back to $20 mil.
You would wager $100 mil to win only $20 mil?
Yes, I really would! If i'm going to be famous (here in LA ppl would find out who won), why not go all out.
The funny part would be after somehow buying 50 million tix before the draw, I then lost.
A person would have to pay alot of people to buy that many. Sadly, probably not feasible.
Would definitely try and buy the most tickets for the next drawing. As far as I know it's never been done!
You wannn be famous?
Are you like NEO's little brother or something? He has dreams... "Neo thinks he can dodge bullets? "I can dodge UlrasonicPutinMissile!" I got ponytails cops on my side!!! Watch out!!!
You might want to make a spread sheet and do a a Lemonade Stand Test.
IMHO, The first thing to think after winning is buying 1 million dollar worht of gol.d
Yes being a loser is good in LA, because nobody wants to rob a loser.
If you buy gold in commifornia, watch out,
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