Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $403M After No Tuesday Winners Emerge
The Mega Millions top prize has continued to elude players, resulting in no major winners for the Tuesday drawing. This, however, has allowed the jackpot to reach and exceed the $400 million mark. Several Players Won Five-Figure Sums The Tuesday Mega Millions drawing saw players compete with a $385…
The Mega Millions top prize has continued to elude players, resulting in no major winners for the Tuesday drawing. This, however, has allowed the jackpot to reach and exceed the $400 million mark. Several Players Won Five-Figure Sums The Tuesday Mega Millions drawing saw players compete with a $385 million jackpot on the line. Despite their best efforts, however, participants failed to snatch the top prize, resulting in another drawing without a winner and allowing the jackpot to continue growing. As a result, the next estimated jackpot is standing at $403 million as the prize’s gradual creep toward the half-a-billion-dollar mark continues. With the next drawing set to take place this Friday, October 16, players will get another shot at this mouth-watering sum. If anyone manages to win, they will be presented with a choice between the annuity for the full sum or the one-time lump sum payment of $162.1 million. As for the drawing on Tuesday, October 13, no one managed to win a Match 5 prize either, since no one succeeded in matching all five white winning numbers. For reference, the five winning numbers were 11, 12, 15, 40, and 66. The gold Mega Ball, on the other hand, was 17. Despite no Match 5 wins happening, several players successfully matched four white numbers plus the Mega Ball to win various five-figure sums. The top payout for the October 13 drawing ended up being a $40,000 prize snatched by one of those players. Here is a breakdown of these prizes: Five players won $20,000 each (2x multiplier) One player won $30,000 (3x multiplier) One player won $40,000 (4x multiplier) Anticipation for the Next Jackpot Grows In other news, two players recently won Match 5 prizes from Mega Millions. The wins happened last week, when a player in New Jersey and a player in Florida matched all five winning numbers to win $2 million and $3 million, respectively. Before that, a player in Wisconsin won a $4 million Match 5 prize. It’s been a while since the Mega Millions jackpot has been won. The most recent win happened in July, when a lucky player in Florida became $800 million richer. In the meantime, the Powerball jackpot just reached $562 million ahead of tonight’s drawing.