The Mega Millions winning numbers for this Friday's draw are - yet to be revealed. The six lucky numbers of the winning ticket will be announced at exactly 11 p.m. EST this Tuesday, February 25, 2014. With people across the nation getting more excited to grab the jackpot prize after the Mega Millions lottery created two mega-millionaires with a staggering US$648 million jackpot prize, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot has risen to US$195 million while Powerball game has reset back to its original US$40 million after one lucky ticket matched all the winning numbers and took home the US$425 million jackpot. As the jackpot continues to rise, sales for the tickets have also skyrocketed, with Arizona lottery officials anticipating as much as 5,000 additional ticket sales today following Tuesday's draw.
"The vast majority of our sales happen the day of the drawing," said Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto regarding the sales of Mega Millions tickets. "We know there will be more sales today than Saturday, Sunday and Monday combined." The executive director also shared that ticket sales dramatically increase the nearer the date of the draw is since most Americans like to buy Mega Millions tickets at the last minute. She also explained that most people follow the draws and estimate the final jackpot first before purchasing the tickets.
M Live reported that no jackpot winner was drawn for the Friday, February 21 Mega Millions draw, pulling up Tuesday's jackpot to US$195 million. The same can't be said for Powerball, which has been reset to US$40 million after a ticket purchased in California won the US$425 million jackpot last Feb. 19. However, according to the Mega Millions official website, two lucky tickets purchased in Pennsylvania and Virginia for the multi-state lottery game managed to match 5 numbers to the winning numbers, taking home US$1 million each. The winning numbers for the Tuesday draw were 23-29-32-45-46-15 and the Megaplier was 5.
The Michigan Lottery Executive Director announced that there was one major winner for Feb. 21's Mega Millions draw. However, the lucky winner matched 4 White Balls with both the Gold Mega Ball and the Megaplier, taking home US$25,000. Another Michigan ticket holder matched 4 White Balls, plus the Gold Mega Ball, and earned himself US$5,000. More than 55,000 Michigan players won at least $2 and more than 66,000 players won $1 each.
Karen Bach, Director of Budget, Products, and Communication for Arizona Lottery, previously said that although ticket sales have undeniably increased the odds of winning remains the same. However everyone's luck will be tested in today's draw, with only the lucky winning six numbers eligible to take home the jackpot prize of US$195 million. Tickets are sold in 42 states including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands for only $1, so it won't be surprising if we will be having a winner or a group of winners after tonight's Mega Millions draw.
In playing the Mega Millions draw, a player must choose six numbers; five of which are from 1 to 75 while the remaining one is referred to as the Mega Ball and is only chosen from 1 to 15. If all of the numbers on the ticket of the player are the same digits flashed after the Mega Millions draw, then he is bringing home the total jackpot prize. However, the likelihood of winning the Mega Millions jackpot prize is 1 in over 259 million. On the other hand, there are also second-place prizes for tickets with five winning numbers. The second place prize is $1 million.
The Mega Millions winning numbers are drawn every Tuesday and Friday at around 10:45 p.m. EST. Official results of the day's draw are posted shortly after 11 p.m. EST on the main webpage of the Mega Millions Lottery. Winnings are delivered in two options: one-time cash payment or in 30 separate payments.
For Mega Millions players, you can check out today's Mega Millions winning numbers draw through this free live stream link. You can also catch the direct results for tonight's Mega Millions draw through this link here.
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