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. 15, 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$144M 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 $144 Mega Millions jackpot has a lump-sum cash option of $84 million.
With one ticket holder matching the winning Mega Millions numbers on Jun. 13 and Jun. 27 and winning the Mega Millions jackpots of $66 and $33 million respectively, people across the nation are getting more excited to grab the Mega millions jackpot prize of US$144 million in the multi-state Mega Millions game.
In the meantime, the Jun. 27 Mega Millions winner, still unidentified, has 180 days to claim the Mega Millions jackpot prize, said a Virginia Lottery news release.
Since the Jun. 27 Mega Millions draw, 13 drawings have come and gone and the jackpot is still left unclaimed. Apparently, many winners are not able to claim their prizes since they forget to watch, or are probably busy to check the winning numbers. This might be a problem before, but now there's a new and free Lottolotto app which can help players claim their billions of unclaimed prizes.
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The Mega Millions jackpot had been progressing since the last jackpot was won in Los Angeles, California on Apr. 4 and in Texas on Jun. 27. The people who matched the winning Mega Millions numbers on Apr. 4 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. The winner claimed $207 million. 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.
Both the anonymous winner and the Florida couple won the Mega Millions winning numbers for the Mar. 18 drawing with the numbers 11, 19, 24, 33 and 51, with a Mega Ball of 7.
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 August has already brought in one Mega Millions winner of $1 million dollars, while July had two winners.
Meanwhile, tonight's Powerball game jackpot grand prize is down to US$50 million with the cash value of US$30.5 million after the winning $90 million was won during the Aug. 9 Saturday draw. The winning $90 million amounts to an estimated $54.9 million cash payout. The store will get a $50,000 commission.
The winner of the winning $90 million jackpot was from Colorado, matching the five winning numbers - 3, 12, 31, 34, 51 - and the Powerball, 24. Meanwhile, the ticketholder has yet to come forward.
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 32-53-60-63-68. The Gold Mega Ball is down to 06 from a previous 07, and 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 $144 million on Aug. 15, 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 $155 million mark by the time the next drawing rolls around on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
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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