August 24
Currently the
largest jackpot in the US is the very popular Mega Millions. True to its name,
Mega Millions now has an expected jackpot of $97 million for the Friday,
August 26 drawing. No ticket matched all 6 numbers in
Tuesday's drawing to win the estimated $84 million jackpot, but a total
of 599,458 tickets won Mega Millions prizes. That includes 17 tickets
that each won $250,000.
The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were:
06-07-08-13-40 and the Mega Ball number was 12.
Each of the 17 tickets that won $250,000 did so by
matching the first 5 numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number.
Those tickets were purchased in Georgia (5), Illinois (5), Maryland (1),
Michigan (1), New Jersey (1), Ohio (1), Virginia (2) and Washington (1).
Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California,
Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and
Fridays at 11:00 PM Eastern Time, 10:00 PM Central Time and 8:00 PM
Pacific Time.