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A Georgia Mega Millions ticket matched all five white balls and the four-times multiplier for a $4 million prize. No one won the main jackpot, but several smaller prizes were won in at least three states. The winning ticket was sold at FOE Aerie 4379 in St. Mary's, Georgia. The next drawing's top prize is estimated at $672 million.
The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots have swelled to a combined about $1.06 billion after neither game produced a jackpot winner in the latest drawings, with Mega Millions at roughly $604 million and Powerball at about $457 million ahead of Friday and Saturday night drawings. Washington’s Lottery tickets are available statewide. Recent WA prizes include a $30,000 Mega Millions ticket and a $50,000 Powerball prize. Mega Millions drawings occur on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. Pacific time, while Powerball drawings are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific. Since 2025, Mega Millions raised the starting jackpot to $50 million and added automatic multipliers from 2x to 10x for non-jackpot prizes, and Washington state has directed more than $5.7 billion to state programs since 1982.
An Illinois player won Mega Millions’ $533 million jackpot, the first grand prize of 2026, with numbers 16, 21, 30, 35, 65 and Mega Ball 7, choosing between the $533 million lump sum or a $244.2 million cash option; the ticket’s selling location wasn’t disclosed. Another Illinois player matched five white balls with a 5x multiplier for $5 million, and a Maryland player won $4 million with a 4x multiplier. It’s Illinois’s 17th jackpot win; the prize is the largest since Georgia’s $980 million jackpot in November 2025, and comes as Mega Millions’ major revamp aims to offer bigger prizes and better odds (1 in 290,472,336).
A winning MegaMillions ticket was sold in Ohio, potentially leading to a large jackpot winner, according to recent lottery results.
A Massachusetts Mega Millions ticket sold at Ghafour Fuel in Norwood won $1 million by matching five numbers in Friday's drawing. No ticket won the jackpot, which will increase to an estimated $740 million for Tuesday's drawing. Additionally, $1 million winning tickets were sold in California and New York, while a Vermont ticket won $3 million with the Megaplier.
A Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $713,143 was sold at a 76 gas station in Lafayette, California. The ticket matched five of the drawn numbers but missed the Mega number, which would have won the $57 million jackpot. The jackpot remains unclaimed and has increased to $140 million for the next drawing. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
A third-prize Mega Millions ticket worth $20,000 was sold at Food Bag convenience store in Montague, New Jersey. The ticket matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball in Tuesday's drawing. While no one won the $114 million jackpot, four second-prize tickets were sold in other states, with two worth $2 million each due to the Megaplier option. The Powerball jackpot has reset to an estimated $20 million after a winning ticket for $842 million was sold in Michigan.
A Powerball ticket sold in Michigan won an $842 million jackpot on January 1, marking the fifth-largest Powerball prize and the 10th-largest in U.S. history. The ticket was purchased at the Food Castle in Grand Blanc, and the winner has a year to claim the prize with a cash option of $425.2 million. This win follows a series of 35 drawings without a jackpot winner. The Powerball is played in multiple jurisdictions across the United States, and the next Mega Millions and Lotto 47 drawings are also approaching with significant jackpots.
The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to $114 million after no participants matched all six numbers in the December 29th drawing. The winning numbers were 11, 27, 30, 62, 70 with a Mega Ball of 10. While no one won the jackpot, the article also provides information on how to play, the cost of a ticket, and lists the top Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots of all time. The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for Tuesday, with a cash option of $56.6 million.