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Did you know?
There was a jackpot winner in the very first Mega Millions® drawing.
The drawing on May 17,🌜 2002 resulted in aR$28 million winning ticket in Illinois. There
was a second jackpot winner just one week later -🌜 which means there were two jackpot
winners within the first three Mega Millions drawings.
Since the game began in 2002,
there🌜 have been 214 jackpots won by 241 individual tickets (22 jackpots have been
shared by two or more winning tickets).
Mega🌜 Millions has awarded 31 jackpots of more
thanR$300 million, and is the only lottery game that has awarded five prizes🌜 ofR$1
billion or more, two in 2024 and one each in 2024, 2024 and 2024. A new Mega Millions
record🌜 jackpot was set on August 8, 2024, with aR$1.602 billion prize won in
Florida.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot won on🌜 a single ticket is thatR$1.602
billion prize. Other large single-ticket Mega Millions prizes have beenR$1.537 billion
won in South Carolina🌜 on October 23, 2024;R$1.348 billion won in Maine on January 13,
2024;R$1.337 billion won in Illinois on July 29, 2024;R$1.050🌜 billion won in Michigan
on January 22, 2024;R$543 million won in California on July 24, 2024;R$536 million won
in Indiana🌜 on July 8, 2024; andR$533 million won in New Jersey on March 30, 2024.
Seven
Mega Millions jackpots have been won🌜 on a Friday the 13th. Michigan has been especially
lucky on that special day, with four winning jackpots (June 2008,🌜 May 2011, June 2014,
and one shared with Rhode Island in October 2024). The game's second-largest prize to
date ($1.348🌜 billion) was won in Maine on Friday, January 13, 2024. Friday the 13th
jackpots were also won in New York🌜 in March 2009 and in Ohio in November 2024.
Jackpots
have been won in...
All of the original participating states have had🌜 Mega Millions®
jackpot winners. Beginning in January 2010, the game was expanded to all American
lotteries including the Virgin Islands.🌜 Since that time, jackpots have been won in 28
different jurisdictions: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,🌜 Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,🌜 Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
The
first jackpot won in 2024 was a big one! AR$1.348 billion prize was won🌜 in Maine on
January 13; it's that state's very first Mega Millions jackpot win! It was quickly
followed by aR$20🌜 million win in the very next drawing on January 17; that ticket was
sold in New York. Just two drawings🌜 later, it was hit again, this time in Massachusetts
on January 24, with a jackpot ofR$33 million. The historic month🌜 of January concluded
with yet another jackpot win on January 31, again in Massachusetts; that prize wasR$31
million. It's the🌜 first time in the game's history that four jackpots have been won in
a single month. New York picked up🌜 its second Mega Millions jackpot of the year with
aR$483 million win on April 14. And when a New York🌜 ticket also won aR$20 million prize
in the very next drawing on April 18, it marked the first time there🌜 have ever been
jackpot winners in the same state in two consecutive drawings. A seventh 2024 jackpot
was won in🌜 Florida on August 8, a prize ofR$1.602 billion that set a new record for the
game. Just two drawings later,🌜 a Florida ticket won again on August 15, taking a
jackpot ofR$39 million. More recently, aR$361 million prize was won🌜 in Texas on October
6 and aR$394 million prize on December 8 was shared by two tickets sold in California.
🌜 It's the first time since 2013 that as many as 10 jackpots have been won in a single
year!
Six jackpots🌜 were won in 2024. The first was aR$426 million prize won in
California on January 28. Just 11 drawings later,🌜 the jackpot was won again, in New
York on March 8 atR$128 million. The third jackpot of the year, atR$110🌜 million, was
won in Minnesota on April 12 -- that state's first jackpot winner! In the very next
drawing, a🌜 Tennessee ticket won theR$20 million jackpot on April 15. On July 29, a
single Illinois ticket won aR$1.337 billion prize,🌜 the second-largest in the game's
history. Finally, aR$502 million jackpot was shared by winners in California and
Florida on October🌜 14.
Six jackpots were won in 2024, including aR$1.05 billion prize
awarded in Michigan on January 22, the second time the🌜 game passed theR$1 billion mark.
Two jackpots were won in New York:R$96 million on February 16 andR$431 million on
September🌜 21. The other jackpots won during the year wereR$516 million in Pennsylvania
on May 21,R$55 million in Illinois on June🌜 8, andR$108 million in Arizona on October
22.
In 2024, two states had their very first Mega Millions jackpot winners: AR$414
🌜 million prize was won in Arizona on June 9, andR$120 million was won in Wisconsin on
September 15. There were🌜 three other jackpots awarded in 2024, for a total of five
during the year. Two were won in New Jersey🌜 –R$202 million on February 11 andR$123
million on July 24. And a California winner took home aR$22 million prize on🌜 July
31.
Seven jackpots were won in 2024. On January 1,R$437 million was won on a single
ticket sold in New🌜 York; a group of 23 Long Island co-workers claimed that prize. On
March 1, aR$273 million jackpot was won in🌜 New Jersey; aR$50 million prize was won in
Missouri on March 12; aR$522 million jackpot was won in California on🌜 June 7; on July
23, aR$168 million prize was won in New Hampshire (that state's very first Mega
Millions jackpot🌜 winner); and on September 24,R$225 million was won in Texas. Finally,
aR$375 million jackpot was won in Ohio on December🌜 17.
In 2024, five jackpots were won.
A Florida player won aR$451 million prize on January 5, aR$533 million jackpot was🌜 won
in New Jersey on March 30, aR$142 million prize was won in Ohio on May 4,R$543 million
was won🌜 in California on July 24, and a recordR$1.537 billion was won in South Carolina
on October 23, 2024 (South Carolina's🌜 first Mega Millions jackpot winner).
See a
complete list of jackpot winners since the game began in 2002.
Second prizes up toR$5
🌜 million!
Mega Millions® is the only big jackpot game where second prizes can be as high
asR$5 million if the player🌜 has purchased the optional Megaplier® (aR$1 additional
purchase available in most states). That prize level was established when the game’s
🌜 matrix changed on October 19, 2013. Since that date, there have been 1,520 Match 5
winning tickets worthR$1 million or🌜 more, and they have been won in almost every
jurisdiction in which the game is sold.
Not surprisingly, larger states such🌜 as
California and New York have had the most Match 5 winners simply because they sell the
most Mega Millions🌜 tickets, but million-dollar prizes have also been won in many
jurisdictions with the smallest American lotteries, such as Delaware, Idaho,🌜 Kansas,
Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, the District🌜 of Columbia, and Virgin
Islands.
Of those 1,520 winning Match 5 tickets, 249 have been worth more thanR$1
million because they🌜 included the optional Megaplier. Thirty-four were worthR$5
million, 54 were worthR$4 million, 69 were worthR$3 million and 92 were worthR$2
🌜 million.
Texas has been the luckiest big-money Megaplier state, with 41 winning tickets
sold valued atR$2 million toR$5 million. Florida is🌜 next with 32 Megaplied Match 5
winning tickets sold. Texas was the first to introduce the Megaplier option when it
🌜 joined the game in December 2003.
Mega Millions has provided the two smallest American
lotteries with the biggest prizes in their🌜 history thanks to Match 5 with Megaplier
prizes – North Dakota had aR$3 million winner in May 2024 and again🌜 in March 2024,
while Wyoming had aR$5 million winner in March 2024. And in August 2024, there was aR$3
million🌜 winning ticket sold in the Virgin Islands.
