Mega Millions jackpot soars from $660million to $790million after no-one won top prize Friday: Now 4th largest prize in US lottery history
- No lucky winner took home Friday’s Mega Millions $660million jackpot – which was the third largest in the game
- However, four did take home $1million each and others won smaller prizes
- No one has won the jackpot in the last 28 consecutive drawings and the odds are only 1 in 302million
- The new jackpot has soared up to $790million and remains the third largest. It is also the fourth largest overall
- The last jackpot winner was in Tennessee on April 15, they won $20million and the biggest winner this year was in California in January at $426million
- Friday’s winner Mega Millions numbers are: 14 40 60 64 66 MB 16
The Mega Millions jackpot soared to $790million after no lucky winners took home the coveted $660million on Friday – meaning it is now the fourth largest prize in US lottery history.
Not everyone went home empty handed though, as four players won $1million each and many others took home smaller prizes.
No one has won the coveted jackpot in the last 28 consecutive drawings and those hoping to win Tuesday’s big payout had to beat the unlikely odds of being 1 in 302million, according to Fox 6 Milwaukee.
If a lucky player had won on Friday night and chose the cash option, they would take home around $388million after taxes and deductions.
The new cash payout is $464.4million.
For future drawings, Michigan state lottery player relations manager Jake Harris recommends lucky jackpot winners to ‘take your time’ collecting the prize and potentially contacting a lawyer or financial advisor and make sure ‘your ducks in a row,’ he told WGNTV.
He also recommends entering into a work or family pool for future drawings, ‘because you don’t want to be the one left working in your group if it does happen to win and you didn’t pay for your ticket that week.’
Friday night’s drawing was the ninth biggest jackpot overall, and with the jackpot skyrocketing over $100million more, it has now become the fourth.
No one won Friday’s nights Mega Millions jackpot, but four players did go home with $1million each
The new jackpot has soared to $790million, becoming the fourth largest in US lottery history
Since the last winner won the jackpot on April 15, 17.9million others have won prizes from all levels, including 29 worth $1million or more, Mega Millions said in a statement.
The last winner was from Tennessee and won $20million, The biggest jackpot winner so far this year happened in California on January 28, pulling in at $426million. In addition, a New Yorker won $128million in March and someone from Minnesota won $110million on April 12.
Many gamblers took to social media to post about their excitement before the drawing, with one person joking: ‘If this is the last time you hear from me, this is why.’
Another got in on the excitement of such a harsh odd, adding in three rows of praying hands emojis for luck, writing: ‘My Mega Millions pool has a 1 in 1M odds to win tonight.’
Fox 9 News’ Morning Anchor Kelly O’Connell simply wrote: ‘Please please please please please.’
Others told Fox 9 Milwaukee that they are going to use their ‘mental powers’ to win tonight.
Many flocked to social media to manifest their good luck and prayed they’d win the multimillion dollar jackpot. Unfortunately, no one went home with the jackpot
‘You have to manifest it,’ Roslyn Taylor told the outlet. ‘I’m going to win that money.’
She also said she would ‘love to donate it to get some of these kids off the street and build some recreational centers.’
Richard Carpenter told the outlet he just wanted to ‘pay my bills,’ but said he wouldn’t ‘tell nobody if I win, though.’
Friday’s winning numbers are: 14 40 60 64 66 MB 16.