After more than three months without a big winner, the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to over $1 billion Friday night.
No player hit all six numbers and won the $940 million jackpot Friday. The next drawing Tuesday night will be worth an estimated $1.05 billion, or $527.9 million for the cash option.
What were the Mega Millions winning numbers Friday, July 28?
The numbers drawn on Friday were 05-10-28-52-63 and Mega Ball 18. The Megaplier was 5X.
There have been 29 straight draws without a Mega Millions jackpot winner since the last grand-prize ticket on April 18.
The potential jackpot of $1.05 billion is the fourth largest in the game’s history and only the fifth time the game has reached over $1 billion, according to a statement by Mega Millions.
Who were the winners in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, July 28?
Although there were no big jackpot winners on Friday, there was a $5 million winner in Pennsylvania, who had five numbers but not the Mega Ball correct. That ticket had the Megaplier option so the $1 million prize for matching five numbers was multiplied by five. Another ticket in Pennsylvania, along with tickets in Arizona, California and New York, won $1 million for matching five numbers.
Since the last jackpot was claimed on April 18, there have been 46 prizes of $1 million or more won from 22 different jurisdictions in the nation, Mega Millions stated in a news release. Delaware is not among those 22.
In Delaware, 13,615 tickets won a prize Friday. The big winner was a non-jackpot prize of $2,500, which was won by someone who matched four white ball numbers and had the Megaplier, according to the Delaware Lottery website.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states; Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The states not offering Mega Millions are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
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