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A single ticket won $56 million Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing
Updated: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:45 AM
One single winner has taken the $56 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the multistate Mega Millions game. The single ticket to match all the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was purchased in . The numbers from Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 drawing were 09, 22, 39, 41, 54 with Mega Ball 19 and Megaplier 3. The winner will have the choice of 30 annuity payments with yearly payment about $2.15 million for the entire prize amount of $56 million, or the one-time cash payment of $38.3 million before tax withholding. The jackpot winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a safe place and contact 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 does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Besides the grand prize won on Tuesday, a lot more people walked away with huge prizes. There were two lucky players that matched all five numbers and won the 2nd prize. The two second prize winning ticket(s) sold in will collect $1,000,000 cash each.
Additional major winners Tuesday night included 17 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other winners Tuesday evening included 255 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. There were 644 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
There were 71,830 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 35915 grand prize winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 0 lucky New York winners matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball with Megaplier and won $30,000.
With nine ways to win, there were 986,954 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 drawing.
The grand prize of next Mega Millions drawing goes to $20 million with the cash option at $13.8 million for Friday night.
Mega Millions lottery can be played in 43 states and D.C. It holds the record highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players in prize winnings. About 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. About 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70+1/25 system to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original winnings 2 to 5 times but not jackpot. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.
| Tue Jun 08, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $56,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
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| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 17 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 255 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 644 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 16,563 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 14,172 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 110,159 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 263,953 |
| Tue Jun 08, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 18 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 56 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 1,304 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 1,105 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 8,525 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 20,590 |
| Tue Jun 08, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 | $3,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $30,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $1,500 | 3 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $600 | 6 | | 3 of 5 | $30 | 189 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $30 | 157 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $12 | 1,169 | | Megaball Only | $6 | 2,789 |
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Change: +$28,000,000
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