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$800,000,000 Mega Millions grand prize won in JackpotWinners
Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 01:11 AM
One single winner has taken the $800,000,000 grand prize from the latest drawing of the multistate Mega Millions lotto. The only ticket to match all the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions game drawing was purchased in JackpotWinners. The numbers drawn Tuesday night, July 28th, 2026 were 34, 48, 49, 59, 70 and the Mega Ball was 12, Megaplier was . The holder of the winning ticket will now have to determine to either take the 30-installment annuity with yearly payment about $30.77 million before taxes, or the one time cash payment in the amount of $344.2 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to choose the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot awarded on Tuesday, many more players took home with large winnings. There were 2 tickets that correctly matched all 5 numbers and won the second prize. The 2 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in will collect a quarter million dollar cash each.
Additional prizes won Tuesday night included 15 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Tuesday evening included 349 tickets that matched four white numbers and won $500. 917 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With 9 ways to win, there were 1,291,987 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, July 28th, 2026 drawing.
The top prize of next Mega Millions game drawing will be an estimated $50,000,000 with the cash option at $$21.5 million for Friday, July 31st, 2026.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 member states as a shared jackpot game. Approximately 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players through prizes. Approximately 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. To play, pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 then choose a Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The odds of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners may choose one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Tue Jul 28, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1
JackpotWinners
| | 5 of 5 | $0 | 2 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 15 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 349 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 917 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 20,966 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 20,770 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 166,182 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 436,792 |
| Tue Jul 28, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
| Tue Jul 28, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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