The profitable numbers for the eighth largest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot had been drawn Friday.
The numbers had been: 16, 21, 23, 48, 70 and gold Mega Ball 5.
Friday’s drawing at 11 p.m. ET was the thirty eighth because the jackpot was final gained in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak and not using a jackpot winner because the recreation started in 2002, in keeping with an announcement from Mega Thousands and thousands.
The earlier report of 37 drawings was set Jan. 22, 2021, when a $1.050 billion jackpot was gained in Michigan, officers mentioned.
“Whereas the jackpot stays elusive, the variety of winners — and whole prizes gained — continues to develop,” lottery officers mentioned. “Via this jackpot run up to now, there have been nearly 11.7 million profitable tickets in any respect ranges, with whole prizes exceeding $274 million due to vital enhancements within the lower-tier prizes after the sport modified final April.”
There have additionally been 256 third-tier profitable tickets to this point on this run, starting from $20,000 to $100,000, Mega Thousands and thousands officers mentioned.
On this Aug. 8, 2023, file picture, lottery tickets for the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot are seen in a retailer in New York.
Angela Weiss/AFP through Getty Photographs, FILE
Earlier than the June 27 Virginia jackpot win at $348 million, different jackpots awarded this yr had been in Ohio, with $112 million gained on April 18, Illinois, with $349 million gained on March 25 and Arizona, the place $112 million was gained on Jan. 17.
Regardless that no one gained the jackpot on Tuesday, lottery officers mentioned there may be nonetheless loads of cash to be gained with different prizes.
“Within the Nov. 4 drawing alone, there have been 606,046 profitable tickets throughout all prize tiers, for whole nationwide winnings of greater than $12.2 million,” officers mentioned.
The percentages of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336, in keeping with Mega Thousands and thousands.
Mega Thousands and thousands is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 for one play and the most important Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot prize ever gained was a $1.6 billion prize gained on Aug. 8, 2023.
