$1.28 BILLION: Lottery officials raise tonight's Mega Millions jackpot estimate again

Comment #74

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:22:51 GMT

Besides the one jackpot ticket, there were 20 - $1 Mil winners for 5/5+0 (California 5/5+0 won $4,234,962) and six $2 Mil winners for 5/5+0 with Megaplier (which was 2x

Comment #73

wander73 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:58:39 GMT

I was thinking 9-10 million dollar winners. Like wow.

Comment #72

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:29:28 GMT

It's official:

Big Winners

Jackpot

IL

Match 5

CA,FL(2),GA(2),IL,KY,LA,MI,MN(2),NC(2),NH,NY,OK,PA,TX(2),WI

Match 5 + Megaplier

AR,FL(3),IA,PA

Comment #71

DDBagger519 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:27:40 GMT

Interesting that the Megaplier only came up as 2x. I'll be hopeful that the Megaplier is 4x or 5x on Tuesday and maybe some decent wins for everybody to make up for the heartbreak today.

Comment #70

EnReval — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:24:11 GMT

Delaware still has $1.7 billion

Comment #69

greenemill — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:07:27 GMT

Someone in my state of Illinois purchased the winning ticket. That's a big time surprise. It usually goes to California, New York or Florida. I know that person is very very happy and shaking up.

Comment #68

mightwin1 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:06:50 GMT

Looks like it probably was Illinois. That makes 3 out of 4 billion dollar jackpots a single ticket winner. Congrats

Comment #67

hearsetrax — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:00:57 GMT

wasn't me and congrats to the lucky buzzard/s

Comment #66

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 11:51:51 GMT

There must have been a winner.

MegaMillions website shows:

Next Estimated Jackpot

$20 Million CASH OPTION: $11.6 MILLION Next Drawing:

Tuesday, 8/2 @ 11 p.m. ET

Congrats to the winner/s

It may not be $1.28 Billion, but who would snub their nose at winning any jackpot

Comment #65

Bleudog101 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 10:59:37 GMT

Had read that it was Illinois and their website says so.

They just showed the winning tickets page from Illinois lottery on the news, same screen as I just saw.

One million dollar winner in Kentucky; not me, always do Megaplier.

Comment #64

Bleudog101 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 10:22:41 GMT

Website still down. Took my losing tickets (didn't have the Gold ball) to the lottery machine and says see retailer. Won't scan.

Past experience IMHO dictates that there was a winner. The state has to run security things and probably with Atlanta as well. Hoping I'm wrong and no winner, though I don't think that is the case.

Comment #63

hearsetrax — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 09:19:32 GMT

Comment #62

mightwin1 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:42:42 GMT

Guess we will find out if Illinois is accurate posting their results

Comment #61

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:34:20 GMT

2:35 still pending, Congrats to the winner in Illinois, may you be the sole winner

Comment #60

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:20:12 GMT

Yeah, my grandma's from Rogersville. Her pappy (or uncle) used to make it

Comment #59

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:19:01 GMT

I still prefer this outcome;

https://www.delottery.com/Drawing-Games/Mega-Millions

Comment #58

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:17:28 GMT

They sip TN tea here aka.moonshine

Comment #57

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:16:53 GMT

Not sure if this means anything. CA Lottery site says next Jackpot is $1B instead of $1.28B.

Comment #56

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:14:42 GMT

Thanks, now I don't feel so bad fer my state. I always picture them drinking beers, sitting around a laptop before they post the numbers..... Y'know there's probably one state they're waiting on....like c'mon...

Comment #55

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:11:53 GMT

We are so far behind the 8-ball in TN that we don't even have tonight's winning numbers posted on the website yet.

https://tnlottery.com

Comment #54

EnReval — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:11:36 GMT

They are wrong to post that Illinois won

Comment #53

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:08:30 GMT

Have a feeling it is Pending until all results are in.

Comment #52

viceroy2 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:06:51 GMT

Hold on Wait a minute... IL could have made a mistake.... the status bar there STILL says PENDING there....

so... I don't know

Comment #51

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:04:30 GMT

Son of a bit................had a feeling cuz they are taking awhile updating. Maybe multiple states.

Too lazy to check all states sites.

Comment #50

viceroy2 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:03:37 GMT

UGH... just saw it....

Comment #49

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:03:26 GMT

I hear ya on that..well, there or NY or NJ or especially Illinois

I did have the 14 for 1 choice of megaball picks....had the 13 on 3 diff lines and the 36 on 2 other lines..Not any of the other #s at all, even on the tickets from friends that lived out of state.

Comment #48

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:02:05 GMT

If somebody won it in CA again..........

Comment #47

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:01:22 GMT

1 winner in Illinois

https://www.illinoislottery.com/dbg/results/megamillions/draw/2629

Comment #46

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:52:55 GMT

https://www.delottery.com/Drawing-Games/Mega-Millions

Comment #45

wander73 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:51:12 GMT

I don't believe anything facebook. wait and see I guess in the morning.

Comment #44

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:49:51 GMT

The California Lottery website says there is a delay certfying the results.

Comment #43

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:48:31 GMT

Why not just lie a little, estimate another 7.6mil to make an even bil

Comment #42

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:46:41 GMT

Ahhh, don't jinx it

Comment #41

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:45:32 GMT

I kind of like that new cash value figure

$992.4 MILLION

provided it's a rollover

Comment #40

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:41:52 GMT

Here in LA it took them an extra hour to post other winning numbers (p3,p4 etc)

This might've been around the same time (1246ish?) on tuesday MM site updated.......

Comment #39

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:40:16 GMT

Somebody posted earlier from Delaware that said they always do this. IDK. Any truth to the facebook post

Comment #38

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:39:08 GMT

Nothing from TN reported..Doesn't surprise me though

Comment #37

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:38:27 GMT

Delaware site says :

Current annuity jackpot is $1.7 Billion

Looks like that is confirmation. No winner.

Comment #36

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:34:50 GMT

I checked the Delaware site earlier and it had 1.7. I think some states just report the next instead of pending.

Here in Louisiana the highest was 1 winner for $1 million (5)

The MM site put me in line earlier, I've just been refreshing page. Never had to wait in line to gain access to site

Comment #35

scarchelli — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:33:12 GMT

Good question. I saw this on Twitter and I checked the site myself. Not sure if it showed pending initially.

Comment #34

CDanaT — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:32:23 GMT

So is the Deleware site and the last time they were almost 40 mins ahead of the MM in posting the change

Comment #33

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:29:26 GMT

Did it change from Pending to $1.7B or did it begin after the drawing at $1.7B.

Comment #32

scarchelli — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:07:37 GMT

South Dakota website reporting 1.7 bil for Tuesday.

Comment #31

wander73 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:04:08 GMT

That's just dumb. The whole social media thing is ridiculous.

Why would anyone wanna post something it's so ridiculous and it's awful

Comment #30

JWBlue — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:00:52 GMT

Someone tweeted that another person won the jackpot and posted the ticket on Facebook.

Comment #29

Poo Nanny — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:44:51 GMT

I wonder why they would estimate it so low? I am sure it so they can raise is three times if it were to roll

Comment #28

fellini — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:41:52 GMT

I didn't have one number!!!! $15 dollars down the drain.

Comment #27

redaxe — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:38:40 GMT

C'mon baby....ROLL

Comment #26

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:28:36 GMT

One of my tickets had the Mega number plus megaplier for $4.

Hoping for a roll so I can get another chance at this massive jackpot.

Comment #25

MzDuffleBaglady — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:19:42 GMT

Fake results for me!

I lost $6.00

Comment #24

Mwatcher — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:17:25 GMT

Only one number here.

Comment #23

Poo Nanny — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:15:38 GMT

Well I was not a winner of this one. I still don't think it will rollover but now that I did not win I hope it does

Comment #22

EnReval — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:41:53 GMT

Th y trying to help the economy-- it's like when you win, you gotta help others

Comment #21

benmas — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:02:29 GMT

Mega Millions matrix and odds of winning history

Start Date 5 white balls out of Mega Balls Jackpot odds % from previous odds

September 6, 1996 50 25 1:52,969,000

January 13, 1999 50 36 1:76,275,360 44% increase

May 15, 2002 52 52 1:135,145,920 77% increase

June 22, 2005 56 46 1:175,711,536 30% increase

October 19, 2013 75 15 1:258,890,850 47% increase

October 28, 2017 (current) 70 25 1:302,575,350 17% increase

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Comment #20

Kee12 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:11:31 GMT

Good luck, everyone

Comment #19

mightwin1 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:58:20 GMT

Good luck to everyone tonight

Comment #18

noise-gate — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:06:33 GMT

* Right now, it sits at $470mil take home pay for any Californian that pulls it off. Being a generous soul l wouldn't mind being included in a 2-3 way split.

Comment #17

TwoMillion — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:43:41 GMT

lottery is a type of people game (almost everybody in the US chips in to contribute money to the pot, then try to compete for the God's will, ...) then then Mega and Powerball organizers should shift some of money in the pot to the second tier and third tier prizes when the jackpot got to above billion dollars like the current jackpot is $1.28B, then they should allocate $100 million to the 2nd tier winners, and $50 million to the third tier winners, then they would divide the money among the 2n... [ More ]

Comment #16

WinWinChicDin — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:59:44 GMT

This baby is going to roll.....I do see people buying, but I don't really feel any real enthusiasm.

Lots of jackpot fatigue....for which the only real cure is the HIGHEST jackpot EVER

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:25:35 GMT

Someone reported yesterday that it will be around 51%.

The updated jackpot means they've revised the sale estimate upwards by roughly 100 million tickets. If every ticket was chosen randomly the chance of a rollover is very close to 1 in 3, and a single winner is the most likely outcome.

If it does roll the starting jackpot of $1.7 billion will set a new cash record by a bit less than $10 million if the cash/annuity ratio remains the same. If the cash annuity ratio goes down a bit we may... [ More ]

Comment #14

quicksloth35 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:14:42 GMT

Looks like $1.7 Billion

Comment #13

EnReval — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:06:17 GMT

If not won tonight, wondwr what will be the estimated

Comment #12

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:24:41 GMT

Comment #11

EnReval — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:19:09 GMT

I agree

Comment #10

Ridley — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:14:14 GMT

Thanks for the update! I have lotto fever now. In with $10.

Comment #9

paneagle — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:57:18 GMT

IF YOU WANT TO WIN MEGA STAR DATE JULY 29 FROM THE STAR MAN SOLARIS

tonight mars uranus and node conjunct in Taurus ...MOON IN LEO ...THERE will be a winner

Problem is could be only someone with a group or those with huge amount of tickets to buy

You can bet a conglomerate is only buying in, and has a much better odds to take the prize

we may never know who actually wins the prize...like the lottery, we don't the truth...

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Comment #8

whiteballz — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:53:50 GMT

Got my tickets already. I can only hope the lotto gods to bless me.

Comment #7

hearsetrax — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:42:48 GMT

Comment #6

ieatdirt — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:33:10 GMT

Rollover possible but I am predicting at least 10 2nd place prizes with maybe 2 or 3 wise people spending the extra $1 for the megaplier.

Comment #5

Poo Nanny — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:25:36 GMT

I've been to a couple stores today and everyone in front of me has bought at least one ticket or more. I can't say I ever seen that before.

I would love to see it roll because who doesn't want to play for a 2 billion jackpot but I think the odds are better for me to win it then the odds it rolls again.

Comment #4

andl — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:24:18 GMT

Someone reported yesterday that it will be around 51%.

Comment #3

Poo Nanny — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:18:52 GMT

I think it will got popped tonight. Ticket sales seem to be going crazy so I would imagine that over 90% of the number combos will be sold.

Comment #2

JeetKuneDoLotto — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:18:44 GMT

Its gonna hit in California.

They have Silicone valley.

They have access to the computing power of the 7 dwarves.

They can do all the high speed calculations.

They will hit with #17 and laugh in our face.

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:01:29 GMT

Well best of luck to all of us and I hope it hits in an anonymous state

$1.28 BILLION: Lottery officials raise tonight's Mega Millions jackpot estimate again

Lottery Post — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:56:04 GMT

Lottery ticket-buying frenzy throughout the USA

By Todd Northrop

Across the United States, lottery tickets are being sold at a frantic pace that the state lotteries are struggling to keep up.

Most of those sales are for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, which features a jackpot reaching into stratospheric heights only seen twice before in world history and a lump-sum cash value worth three quarters of a billion dollars.

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