Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot of $106 million (with a cash option of $59 million) was set for 11 p.m. EST. Those who played waited to see if their numbers would be the selected and they could claim the jackpot. So did anyone win the Mega Millions prize?
The winning numbers announced Tuesday night were 63-69-46-57-34, Mega Ball 11 and Megaplier 3x, according to the Mega Millions website. No winner claimed the prize, which means the next drawing on Friday will be worth a jackpot of $122 million (with a cash option of $69 million), according to the official site. There was one Match 5 winner with the Megaplier sold in Ohio, which was worth $3 million, according to the website.
Last week, a ticket in Florence, Ky., matched all the white ball winning numbers and was worth a total of $1 million, LEX18 previously reported. It was the seventh time a $1 million ticket was sold in Kentucky in the past month, according to LEX18.
Mega Millions drawings are held bi-weekly, on Tuesday and Friday evenings, at 11 p.m. EST. Five numbers are chosen from a set of balls with the numbers of one through 70 printed on them. The sixth and final ball is chosen from numbers ranging from one through 25. The game is played in 44 states across the U.S., including the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
If no one wins the jackpot, each state that participated in the lottery will receive it's money back, the Mega Millions website states. Each state that plays the game uses its money differently, and Mega Millions suggests players curious about unclaimed jackpot money should contact their local lottery.
The person who won the Mega Millions jackpot of $1.5 billion in South Carolina has reportedly not claimed the prize, WLTX reported. Lottery officials told WLTX that it's been three weeks since the drawing and no one has come forward. The winning ticket was sold at the KC Mart in Simpsonville, S.C., during the Oct. 23 drawing, according to the news station.
The winner has 180 days from the drawing to come forward, and has until April 21 to claim the prize, WLTX reported. The numbers selected during the Oct. 23 drawing were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 5.
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