Mega Millions drawing

LANSING, MI -- The fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history could be yours Tuesday as the Mega Millions jackpot has hit $1.1 billion.

[the Mega Millions YouTube page](https://www.youtube.com/user/megamillions46/videos) shortly after the drawing airs at on TV stations. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302 million. Five balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70; the Mega Ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25. [ went unclaimed. LANSING, MI -- The fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. [Related story: What is the cut-off time for Mega Millions tickets in Michigan for the $1.1 billion drawing?](https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2023/01/what-is-the-cut-off-time-for-mega-millions-tickets-in-michigan-for-the-11-billion-drawing.html)

A single jackpot winner for Tuesday's drawing would have the choice of getting a lump-sum cash payout of an estimated $576.8 million before taxes. Or, they ...

[claimed](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mega-millions-world-record-1-6-billion-jackpot-south-carolina-winning-ticket-today-2018-10-24/) the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever at $1.537 billion in October 2018. This marks the fifth largest lottery jackpot ever, and the third largest in Mega Millions history. A single jackpot winner for Tuesday's drawing would have the choice of getting a lump-sum cash payout of an estimated $576.8 million before taxes. And in July, a ticket sold in Illinois [won](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mega-millions-winners-claim-1-337-billion-prize-illinois/) a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the second largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. Each payment would average about $36.6 million, according to the lottery resource website There have been 24 drawings since the Mega Millions jackpot was last won on Oct.

(NEXSTAR) – Ahead of Tuesday night's drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.1 billion, the third-largest jackpot ever in the game's ...

local time](https://www.nhlottery.com/Games/Mega-Millions)online, 9:50 p.m. [Iowa](https://ialottery.com/Pages/Games/DrawingTimes.aspx), [Kansas](https://www.kslottery.com/games/jackpot/megamillions), [Missouri](https://www.molottery.com/mega-millions), [Oklahoma](https://www.lottery.ok.gov/draw-games/quick-ticket), [Pennsylvania](https://www.palottery.state.pa.us/Draw-Games/Mega-Millions.aspx), and [West Virginia](https://wvlottery.com/draw-games/mega-millions/). Three states – [Maine](https://www.mainelottery.com/games/megamillions.shtml), [Rhode Island](https://www.rilot.com/en-us/megamillions.html), and [Vermont](https://vtlottery.com/games/mega-millions) – stop ticket sales at 9:50 p.m. [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) local time](https://hoosierlottery.com/games/draw/mega-millions/) [Rising](https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/) [What America's Thinking](https://thehill.com/hilltv/america/) [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [See All](https://thehill.com) [9:48 p.m. (NEXSTAR) – Ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.1 billion, the third-largest jackpot ever in the game’s history. local time](https://www.delottery.com/Drawing-Games/Mega-Millions) CT](https://www.lottery.nd.gov/faqs#snav-mega-millions) local time](https://www.coloradolottery.com/en/about/faqs/) local time](https://www.arizonalottery.com/draw-games/mega-millions/)from November to March.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday's drawing stands at $1.1 billion, and is the third largest Mega Millions jackpot in U.S. Lottery history!

Those sales estimates are then used to determine the estimated cash value of the jackpots and the advertised annuity values, with the annuity value based on that day’s 30-year U.S. [Right here](https://www.megamillions.com/winning-numbers) on the official Mega Millions website. Members of the Mega Millions group meet every Tuesday and Friday morning to determine the game’s estimated jackpots for the next two drawings. Lottery Directors and finance representatives share their state’s individual sales forecasts during that meeting to estimate the total sales that are projected for those drawings. If a player wins the jackpot in Tuesday’s drawing, it would be the third-largest Mega Millions jackpot won ever. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.

The winning Mega Millions lottery numbers are drawn Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 11 p.m. The Mega Millions jackpot drawing for (01/10/2023) is worth an estimated ...

One of the New York tickets was sold at Puja Convenience on 3rd Avenue between 29th and 30th streets in Manhattan, lottery officials said. [Friday’s winning numbers](https://www.nj.com/lottery/2023/01/mega-millions-lottery-1m-ticket-sold-in-nj-but-no-big-winner-tuesdays-jackpot-up-to-11-billion-winning-numbers-010723.html) were: 3, 20, 46, 59 and 63. The ticket matched five numbers but not the Mega Ball. [The odds of a $2 ticket matching all the winning numbers](https://www.nj.com/lottery/2023/01/mega-millions-odds-explained-from-the-massive-940m-jackpot-to-8-smaller-prizes.html) are 302,575,350 to 1. Two ticket holders — one in Florida and one in California won that prize. Tickets valued at $10,000 apiece were bought at ShopRite on River Road in New Milford and Quick Stop Ringwood Avenue in Haskell, lottery officials said. In addition, three third-prize tickets were sold in New Jersey. [$510 million prize was won in the Oct. The Mega Ball drawn was 13 with a Megaplier of 3X. If someone wins it will be the 5th largest jackpot in U.S. [Mega Millions ](https://www.megamillions.com/)jackpot for Tuesday’s gigantic [lottery](https://www.nj.com/lottery) drawing has climbed to $1.1 billion, with a cash option valued at $576.8 million. The Mega Ball drawn was 9 with a Megaplier of 3X.

The Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $1.1 billion for Tuesday's winning numbers drawing had people lined up at convenience stores nationwide.

The cash payout is much smaller, at $576.8 million for Mega Millions and $178.2 million for Powerball. Although the publicized annuity prize of $1.1 billion for winning Mega Millions or $340 million for Powerball jackpot get all the attention, winners rarely choose such a long-term payment option. Andrew Swift, a mathematics professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, described it another way, noting the odds of winning for a person who buys a single ticket in either game are a little worse than flipping a coin and getting heads 28 straight times. The last time someone overcame the odds of 1 in 302.6 million and won the top prize was on Oct. The prize now ranks as the fifth-largest, though it's still only about half the size of a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, won only a couple months ago by someone in California. I hope one of them will be the winner," he said. Ahead of a drawing Monday night, that prize stands at $340 million for players who opt to be paid through an annuity, doled out over 29 years. He didn't have a clue who had purchased the winning ticket. Even if we don't know anything about the Powerball winner, we know the service center owner, Joe Chahayed, was paid his $1 million bonus by lottery officials. The cash value option is for $707.9 million. That ticket was sold at Park's Liquor in Hacienda Heights. That would make it the fourth largest U.S.

The winning numbers for the $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, drawn on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, are in. A winner Tuesday would take home the ...

history](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3794964-mega-millions-jackpot-becomes-one-of-the-nations-largest-here-are-the-10-others/). There are, however, a [number of factors](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3784420-how-are-mega-millions-jackpots-calculated-what-to-know-ahead-of-the-510m-drawing/?ipid=promo-link-block2) that will impact just how large the jackpot becomes. Mega Millions is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. [$1.1 billion](https://www.newsnationnow.com/nmw/mega-millions-jackpot-now-1-1-billion/). It was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize for nearly four months until a Powerball ticket sold in California matched the winning numbers for a [$2.04 billion jackpot](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/how-long-does-the-2-04b-powerball-jackpot-winner-have-to-claim-their-prize/). Regardless of whether the jackpot is won, the next Mega Millions drawing will be held at 11 p.m. [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/) [Rising](https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/) [What America's Thinking](https://thehill.com/hilltv/america/) [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [See All](https://thehill.com) [game officials](https://www.megamillions.com/How-to-Play.aspx). [the nine possible Mega Millions prizes](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3799222-not-sure-how-to-play-mega-millions-heres-what-you-need-to-know/) are 1 in 24, your chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302,575,350, according to [game officials](https://www.megamillions.com/How-to-Play.aspx). [$1.4 billion jackpot hit in Illinois](https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/these-are-the-largest-unclaimed-mega-millions-powerball-jackpots/) last year. [Nexstar Media Wire News](https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/)