Friday, July 28, Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $940 Million
(United Latest News)- Did someone win the Mega Millions jackpot? Did it roll over? On Friday, July 28 the jackpot was $940 million, just shy of reaching the $1 billion mark.
In one week the Mega Millions jackpot skyrocketed by $220 million making it one of the top 10 largest jackpots ever. That’s definitely an amount!
Can a simple $2 Mega Millions ticket turn you into a millionaire? It seems like Mega Millions is following in Powerballs footsteps, which recently reached the milestone of $1 billion. However, no one managed to match all six numbers in Tuesday’s drawing on July 25 for an $820 million prize. As a result, the jackpot rolled over. Reached $910 million overnight. Thanks, to ticket sales on Friday, July 28 it soared higher to $940 million. In one week alone there was a jaw-dropping increase of $220 million.
The winning numbers for Friday, July 28 were; 5 10 28 52 63 with a Mega Ball number of 18 and Megaplier at 5x. Stay tuned to find out if there was finally a winner or if we will witness another rollover.
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For those who are keeping track of these mind-boggling amounts this recent surge is reminiscent of what happened week. Following no matches for all five numbers plus the Mega Ball in the drawing, on Friday, July 21, the jackpot shot up by $100 million overnight to reach a total of $820 million.
The top 10 list of the Mega Millions jackpots of all time saw a shift getting closer, to including the current jackpot. In terms of the lottery jackpots in the U.S., we’re there (see below).
In case you’re curious let’s talk about the numbers from Tuesday, July 25; they were 3 5 6 44 61 with the Mega Ball number being 25. The Megaplier was at 4x. Although there was no jackpot winner this time we did have two winners who matched some numbers. One ticket from Maryland matched five numbers. Is worth $1 million while a Texas ticket also had a match but missed out on the Mega Ball but still earned an impressive $4 million thanks to the Megaplier.
Enough, looking back at Friday, July 21 we see that those winning numbers were 29 40 47 50 57, and again we had that same Mega Ball number. 25. The Megaplier for that drawing was set at 2x.
Now let’s fast forward to July 28 for another Mega Millions drawing. Can you believe it? One of the winning numbers this time was actually 28! Is it a coincidence or perhaps some sort of number pattern? We may never know for sure.
If you’re wondering when these drawings take place they happen at 11 p.m. EST every Tuesday and Friday night.
For information about Mega Millions, Powerball, or lottery odds, in general check out our asked questions section below.
Tickets can be purchased starting at $2 each. Best of luck!
We recently came across a list of Mega Millions numbers. Although there is no pattern or magic formula a few peculiarities caught our attention.
Now you might be wondering how long it would take for the Mega Millions jackpot to reach the $1 billion mark.
Well, that actually varies. In the case of Powerball, it took, more than three months of rollovers for the jackpot to hit $1 billion. This was the time such a milestone was achieved in the history of the game. Let me provide you with some figures and highlight how swiftly the Mega Millions jackpot has been climbing in such a span of time. The excitement around this lottery seems to have intensified around July 4th when one drawing resulted in a rollover that instantly added $50 million to the pot overnight. Over the following weeks increments ranging from $50 million to $60 million turned into jumps of $80 million and even $100 million overnight. As of June 30th, the Mega Millions jackpot stood at $368 million; however, in than a month by July 25th, it had surged by an additional $452 million.
Given this trajectory if there happens to be another rollover, during the July 28th Mega Millions drawing we could potentially witness a jackpot exceeding $1 billion come Tuesday August 1st. Be sure to stay tuned for updates regarding both Mega Millions and Powerball as they continue captivating players with their billion-dollar lottery jackpots.
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