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$60,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot won in JackpotWinners
Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 01:54 AM
A single lucky person bought a Mega Millions ticket that matched all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball to clinch a $60,000,000 jackpot. Lottery officials stated the winning ticket in Tuesday night's drawing was sold in JackpotWinners. The numbers drawn Tuesday night, March 17th, 2026 were 04, 11, 18, 38, 50 with Mega Ball number 24 and Megaplier . The winning ticket holder will have the choice of 30 annuity payments with yearly payment approximately of $2.31 million for the entire prize amount of $60,000,000, or the one-time cash payment in the amount of $27.1 million before tax withholding. The grand prize winner is encouraged 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 chance 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.
Together with the jackpot hit on Tuesday, Mega Millions generated a lot more pleased winners walked away with big money. A total of 4 lucky winners won the third prize. These included 4 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Additional prizes won Tuesday night included 121 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 375 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine different ways to win, there were 194,889 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 drawing.
The top prize of next Mega Millions game drawing will be $50,000,000 with a $$22.6 million cash value Friday, March 20th, 2026.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record biggest jackpot of $656 million in United States lottery history. Around 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players through prize winnings. Around 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. About 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. To play, choose 5 numbers from 1 to 70 then pick 1 Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners may select one time lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Tue Mar 17, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1
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| | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 121 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 375 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 7,757 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 7,086 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 5 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 0 |
| Tue Mar 17, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $60,000,000 | 0 |
| Tue Mar 17, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Fri Jun 5, 2026
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Change: +$22,000,000
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