Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $505M as No Big Winners Emerge

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached half a billion dollars after the Tuesday drawing failed to produce a winner. That drawing had no Match 5 wins either, with the top prize being a single $50,000 payout. No Jackpot Wins This Time The Tuesday Mega Millions drawing provided players with the chance to win a jackpot of $482 million with an estimated cash option of $203.6 million. The drawing ended up producing no jackpot winners and no Match 5 winners, too. However, a few players managed to match four white numbers and the gold Mega Ball, winning them five-figure prizes. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions drawing that took place on November 3 were 4, 24, 31, 62, and 70, plus the gold Mega Ball 3. As mentioned, no one managed to match all five white numbers, which could have resulted in a payout of $2-10 million. Still, four players managed to match four white numbers and the gold Mega Ball, which earned them various prizes depending on their tickets’ random multiplier. In this case, the wins were as follows: Three players won $30,000 each (3x multiplier) One player won $50,000 (5x multiplier) In addition to the four winners of tier-three prizes, there were 149 tier-four winners who won prizes of $1,000-5,000. Since the Mega Millions jackpot survived the Tuesday drawing, it has continued to grow, with current estimates putting it at $505 million. If anyone manages to win it next time, they would have to choose between the annuity option for the full sum or the one-time lump sum payment of $213.3 million. The next drawing is set to take place this Friday, November 6. As the Jackpot Continues to Grow, More Wins Happen In other news, the previous Mega Millions drawing was a somewhat slower one, recording no big winners, other than three players who won prizes of up to $30,000. This was also the case in the previous Mega Millions drawing, which also had no big winners. The most recent Match 5 win in the Mega Millions game was a $5 million payout that happened in New York last month. Before that, a player in New Jersey and a player in Florida matched all five winning numbers for a separate drawing, winning $2 million and $3 million, respectively. In other news, the Powerball jackpot just exceeded the $800 million mark after a player in Delaware scooped up a $1 million prize.