NEW YORK (WABC) — May or not it’s a “inexperienced” Christmas for you? The successful numbers are in for the Christmas Eve Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot value an enormous $1 billion.
Listed here are Tuesday’s successful numbers: the white balls 38, 45, 14, 46 and 11, plus the gold Mega Ball 3.
If gained at that degree, it will be the most important prize ever gained in December and the seventh largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past!
Chantee Lans experiences from Flushing, Queens as lotto gamers rush to choose up tickets.
Watch Mega Hundreds of thousands drawings each Tuesday and Friday at 10:59 p.m. ET proper right here
13 Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpots have been gained throughout December for the reason that sport started in 2002. Three had been gained within the days after Christmas, whereas the opposite 10 had been gained earlier than Christmas. There has by no means been a jackpot win on Christmas Day, though over time drawings have been performed on Christmas six instances – in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2020.
The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot was final gained at $810 million in Texas on September 10.
Earlier than that September 10 prize within the Lone Star State, the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot was gained solely twice earlier this yr. A $552 million windfall was awarded to an Illinois on-line participant on June 4, and a whopping $1.128 billion prize nonetheless awaits a ticket-holder in New Jersey; nobody has but come ahead to assert that jackpot from March 26. If not claimed, this ticket will expire on March 26, 2025, and the unpaid prize will revert again to every taking part Mega Hundreds of thousands jurisdiction.
The percentages of successful the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, in response to Mega Hundreds of thousands.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 for one play.
Prime Mega Hundreds of thousands Jackpots
1. $1.602 billion, August 8, 2023 (one ticket in Florida)
2. $1.537 billion, October 23, 2018 (one ticket in South Carolina)
3. $1.348 billion, January 13, 2023 (one ticket in Maine)
4. $1.337 billion, July 29, 2022 (one ticket in Illinois)
5. $1.128 billion, March 26, 2024 (one ticket in New Jersey)
6. $1.050 billion, January 22, 2021 (one ticket in Michigan)
7. $810 million, September 10, 2024 (one ticket in Texas)
8. $656 million, March 30, 2012, (three tickets in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland)
9. $648 million, December 17, 2013 (two tickets offered in California, Georgia)
10. $552 million, June 4, 2024 (one ticket in Illinois)
Here’s a take a look at the ten largest U.S. jackpots which have been gained and the states the place the successful tickets had been offered:
1. $2.040 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one ticket: California)
2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one ticket: California)
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket: Florida)
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets: California, Florida and Tennessee)
5. $1.537 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket: South Carolina)
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket: Maine)
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, July 29, 2022 (one ticket: Illinois)
8. $1.128 billion, March 26, 2024 (one ticket in New Jersey)
9. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July, 19, 2023 (one ticket: California)
10. $1.05 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket: Michigan)
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings dwell day by day at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are additionally streamed right here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Hundreds of thousands drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
Sources: AP archives, www.megamillions.com and www.powerball.com
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