Did you score the winning ticket for the second largest lottery jackpot in Mega Millions history?
The numbers have dropped for the Friday, July 29 lottery jackpot worth an estimated $1.28 billion, with a cash option of $747.2 million.
Mega Millions winning numbers
The winning numbers for Friday night’s drawing were 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the Mega Ball was 14. The Megaplier was 2X.
Did anyone win Mega Millions last night?
One ticket purchased in Illinois matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot.
Twenty tickets matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball worth $1 million. Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas each had two winners, while the remaining winning tickets were bought in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Six tickets matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball and included the Megaplier worth $2 million. Three winning tickets were purchased in Florida, while the other winners were sold in Arizona, Iowa and Pennsylvania.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing will reset to an estimated $20 million with a cash option of $11.6 million, according to megamillions.com.
Drawings are held two times per week at approximately 11 p.m. ET every Tuesday and Friday.
How to play Mega Millions
Here’s how to play Mega Millions:
Mega Millions’ last jackpot winner
Here is the list of 2022 Mega Millions jackpot wins, according to megamillions.com:
- $426 million — Jan. 28; South California.
- $128 million — Mar. 8; New York.
- $110 million — April 12; Minnesota.
- $20 million — April 15; Tennessee.
Top 10 Mega Millions lottery jackpots
Here are the all-time top 10 Mega Millions jackpots, according to megamillions.com:
- $1.537 billion — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.28 billion Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.05 billion — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
- $656 million — Mar. 30, 2012; Kansas, Illinois, Maryland.
- $648 million — Dec. 17, 2013; California, Georgia.
- $543 million — July 24, 2018; California.
- $536 million — July 8, 2016; Indiana.
- $533 million — Mar. 30, 2018; New Jersey.
- $522 million — June 7, 2019; California.
- $516 million — May 21, 2021; Pennsylvania.
Top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots
Here are the nation’s all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
- $1.586 billion, Powerball — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.28 billion Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
- $768.4 million, Powerball — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
- $731.1 million, Powerball — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
- $699.8 million, Powerball — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
- $687.8 million, Powerball — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
- $656 million, Mega Millions — Mar. 30, 2012; Kansas, Illinois, Maryland.
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