What are the winning numbers for Tuesday’s $31 million Mega Millions jackpot?
Tonight, there is $31 million up for grabs for those who played Mega Millions... here are the winning numbers.
Mega Millions was recently reset after a ticket sold in Maine had the winning numbers and the lucky person took home the $31 million up for grabs. Tonight, players will be looking at the same jackpot. While only a tiny fraction of the $1.35 billion jackpot that was awarded last month, still not a shabby amount of money to take home.
Tuesday’s winning numbers
The drawing will take place at 11 p.m. ET.
We will let you know the winning numbers when we have them.
Friday’s winning numbers
The winning numbers are 1-4-50-54-59, Mega Ball 17 and 2x Megaplier.
Tuesday’s winning numbers
The winning numbers were 7-9-18-29-39, Mega Ball 13 and 4x Megaplier.
What are the largest Mega Millions jackpots?
The incredible $1.35 billion jackpot that was won earlier this month was the second-highest top prize ever won in a Mega Millions draw. In fact, in ranked as the fourth-highest jackpot ever won on a US lottery, also behind a $2.04 billion and a $1.59 billion Powerball drawing.
The Mega Millions record jackpot was in won South Carolina on 23 October 2018, and totaled $1.54 billion. Before last Friday’s billion-dollar windfall, the last Mega Millions jackpot of more than $1 billion was won in Chicago in July 2022 and was worth $1.33 billion.
How much can you win with Mega Millions?
Entry for the Mega Millions lottery begins at $2 per ticket and participants can still take home some serious money even if they miss out on the full six numbers. Here’s a full list of the ways to win and the odds of winning…
- Five balls and the Mega Ball – Jackpot, 1 in 302,575,350
- Five balls - $1,000,000, 1 in 12,607,306
- Four balls and the Mega Ball - $10,000, 1 in 931,001
- Four balls - $500, 1 in 38,792
- Three balls and the Mega Ball – $200, 1 in 14,547
- Three balls - $10, 1 in 606
- Two balls and the Mega Ball - $10, 1 in 693
- One ball and the Mega Ball - $4, 1 in 89
- The Mega Ball - $2, 1 in 37
How many Mega Millions jackpot winners were there in 2022?
Across 2022, six winning tickets hit the jackpot:
- October 14, 2022 - $502 million ($252.0 million cash), shared by tickets sold in San Jose, California, and Fort Myers, Florida.
- July 29, 2022 - $1.337 billion ($780.5 million cash) won by an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Ill.
- April 15, 2022 - $20 million ($11.9 million cash) won by an anonymous trust with a ticket purchased in Pegram, Tenn.
- April 12, 2022 - $110 million ($66.9 million cash) won by a Minnesota couple with a ticket purchased in Ramsey, Minn.
- March 8, 2022 - $128 million ($85.8 million cash) won by Herman Kahan of Brooklyn, N.Y.
- January 28, 2022 - $426 million ($292.9 million cash) won by Kristine Wellenstein with a ticket purchased in Woodland Hills, Calif.