Mega Millions winning numbers for today's draw are to be revealed soon. The six lucky numbers of the winning ticket will be announced at exactly 11 p.m. EST this Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Hundreds to millions of players are tuning in tonight for the drawing of the Mega Millions winning numbers, especially now that the jackpot prize has become US$87M after the Jun. 27 Mega Millions draw has produced a winner for the $33 million Mega Millions jackpot.
June's Friday the 13th Mega Millions draw produced a Mega Millions winner from a Sterling 7-Eleven outlet, while the Jun. 27 draw produced a winner from Texas.
Today's $87 Mega Millions jackpot has a lump-sum cash option of $51 million.
With one ticket holder matching the winning Mega Millions numbers on Jun. 13 and Jun. 27 and winning the Mega Millions jackpots of $55 and $33 million respectively, people across the nation are getting more excited to grab the Mega millions jackpot prize of US$87 million in the multi-state Mega Millions game.
In the meantime, the Jun. 13 Mega Millions winner, still unidentified, has 180 days to claim the Mega Millions jackpot prize, said a Virginia Lottery news release.
According to the Mega Millions official website, the winning ticket of the $149 million Mega Millions jackpot on May 20 was purchased at White Oak Gas & Grocery, in McKeesport, Allegheny County, near Pittsburgh. The ticket has an annuity value of $149 million or a cash value of $86.1 million, while the retailer will receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The Mega Millions jackpot had been progressing since the last jackpot was won in Los Angeles, California on Apr. 5 and in Texas on Jun. 27. The people who matched the winning Mega Millions numbers on Apr. 5 won a $30 million jackpot while the Mega Millions winner on Jun. 27 won the $33 million jackpot.
On May 6, Maryland Lottery officials said the second winner of a $414 million Mega Millions jackpot has already come forward. According to officials, the Maryland resident has chosen to remain anonymous and claimed the prize from the March Mega Millions drawing quietly. A Florida couple meanwhile came forward to claim their half of the Mega Millions jackpot as well.
This year the Mega Millions lottery game is producing more winners and more people are graced with the Mega Millions jackpot prizes.
The month of April has also brought in two Mega Millions winners of $1 million dollars, while the month of May has four winners, June with one and July with two winners.
Meanwhile, tonight's Powerball game jackpot grand prize is US$70 million with the cash value of US$42.3 million as the Jul. 19 draw with the grand prize of US$60 million and cash option of US$35.9 million produced a winner in California.
As the Mega Millions game continues to produce jackpot winners of its players, the Mega Millions jackpot continues to rise, and so ticket sales have also skyrocketed for the game.
Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto said on the sales of Mega Millions tickets, 'The vast majority of our sales happen the day of the drawing.' The executive director also shared that Mega Millions ticket sales dramatically increase as the date of the draw gets nearer. This is also because most Americans like to buy Mega Millions tickets at the last minute.
However, Director of Budget, Products, and Communication for Arizona Lottery Karen Bach said that although ticket sales for Mega Millions have increased, odds of winning remain the same for tonight's Mega Millions drawing.
The winning numbers for this week's Tuesday Mega Millions draw were 02-08-16-43-74. The Gold Mega Ball is 01, while the Megaplier is 04.
Mega Millions Tickets are sold in 42 states including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands for only $1, so it won't be surprising if we there will be a group of winners after tonight's Mega Millions draw.
In order to play and win the Mega Millions jackpot prize of $87 million on Aug. 1, a player must choose six numbers; five of which are from 1 to 75 while the remaining one is referred to as the Mega Ball and is only chosen from 1 to 15. If all of the numbers on the ticket of the player are the same digits flashed after the Mega Millions draw, then he or she will be bringing home the total jackpot prize.
It's harder than it looks however, because lottery officials say that the overall likelihood of winning the Mega Millions jackpot prize is 1 in over 259 million, while the odds of winning any prize at all is 1 in 14.7. On the other hand, there are also second-place prize of $1 million for tickets with five winning numbers.
The Mega Millions winning numbers are drawn every Tuesday and Friday at around 10:45 p.m. EST. Official results of the day's draw are posted shortly after 11 p.m. EST on the main webpage of the Mega Millions Lottery. Winnings are delivered in two options: one-time cash payment or in 30 separate payments.
If no one matches all six Mega Millions winning numbers in today's draw, the next Mega Millions jackpot will most likely go over the $95 million mark by the time the next drawing rolls around on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
For Mega Millions players, you can check out today's Mega Millions winning numbers draw through this free live stream link. You can also catch the direct results for tonight's Mega Millions draw through this link here.
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