Friday night time’s Mega Tens of millions drawing gave People their shot on the sport’s second-biggest jackpot within the sport’s historical past and the fourth-biggest prize in U.S. lottery historical past.
The successful numbers have been 30-43-45-46-61, with the Mega Ball being 14.
“Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Tens of millions jackpot is shifting up and making historical past because the second highest Mega Tens of millions jackpot ever,” Pat McDonald, lead director of the Mega Tens of millions Consortium, mentioned in a press release earlier this week after the twenty fifth drawing in a row produced no winner Tuesday.
There have been simply six billion-dollar jackpots in U.S. historical past, although three have been in simply the previous yr, due to rule adjustments designed to make the pots develop quicker.
The $1.35 billion drawing comes simply two months after the largest U.S. lottery prize ever, a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot that was gained Nov. 8 in California however stays unclaimed after greater than two months.
If taken in a single huge cost, as most up-to-date massive lottery winners have chosen to do, Tuesday’s $1.35 million prize could be price $707.9 million. The bigger, marketed quantity is what the opposite choice — a 29-year annuity — could be price over its lifetime.
Federal taxes would shortly take nearly 40% of that quantity, with state taxes a chance on prime of that.
The $2 Mega Tens of millions tickets are offered in 45 states, together with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The chances of a successful Mega Tens of millions ticket are 1 in 302.5 million.
