Tuesday's numbers were:
69-63-37-19-40 Megaball: 17
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Watch Mega Millions drawings every Tuesday and Friday at 10:59 p.m. ET right here
If won at that level, it would be the ninth-largest prize in the game's 22-year history. The jackpot has been rolling since a single ticket in New Jersey won a $1.128 billion prize on March 26; that was the first Mega Millions jackpot win of 2024.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, according to Mega Millions.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 for one play.
Top Mega Millions Jackpots
1. $1.602 billion, August 8, 2023 (one ticket in Florida)
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2. $1.537 billion, October 23, 2018 (one ticket in South Carolina)
3. $1.348 billion, January 13, 2023 (one ticket in Maine)
4. $1.337 billion, July 29, 2022 (one ticket in Illinois)
5. $1.128 billion, March 26, 2024 (one ticket in New Jersey)
6. $1.050 billion, January 22, 2021 (one ticket in Michigan)
7. $656 million, March 30, 2012, (three tickets in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland)
8. $648 million, December 17, 2013 (two tickets sold in California, Georgia)
9. $560 million, estimate
10. $543 million, July 24, 2018 (one ticket in California)
Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $2.040 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one ticket: California)
2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one ticket: California)
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket: Florida)
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets: California, Florida and Tennessee)
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5. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket: South Carolina)
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket: Maine)
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket: Illinois)
8. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July, 19, 2023 (one ticket: California)
9. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket: Michigan)
10. $842.4 million Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024 (one ticket, from Michigan)
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
Sources: AP archives, www.megamillions.com and www.powerball.com
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