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Winning $1.7M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NorCal: Next Drawing Friday
The next jackpot drawing is estimated to grow to almost $1 billion.
SACRAMENTO, CA — No one won the $893 million jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, with Friday's jackpot growing to almost $1 billion. It is currently listed at $977 million but that estimate could be bumped up because of brisk ticket sales.
As the jackpot grows, someone has a sweet consolation prize. One ticket sold in Sacramento for Tuesday's drawing is worth $1,748,612. It matched the first 5 numbers but missed the jackpot Mega ball.
The winning numbers are:
- 24
- 46
- 49
- 62
- 66
- 7 (Mega ball)
The $1.7 million ticket was purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli on Land Park Drive.
Californians are on something of a lucky streak. California Lottery players have won, or co-won, the top four largest jackpots in Powerball history — all worth more than $1 billion. The winning ticket for the largest jackpot ever — a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot — was sold in Los County and claimed in 2023. On Friday, the winner of last year's $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot the second largest jackpot in United States history — was identified as Theodorus Struyck of California.
For every Powerball or Mega Millions ticket sold in California, approximately 80 cents goes toward public schools, according to the lottery.
Jackpots may be paid out over a 30-year annuity, but most people take a lump sum payment. It’s important to remember that winnings are subject to federal taxes as well.
Tickets cost $2. For another $1, players can buy the Megaplier option, which increases their non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four or five times.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states; Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The top prize has been growing since Dec. 8. In the 29 consecutive drawings since the last jackpot win, almost 21.5 million non-jackpot winning tickets have been sold, including 33 second-tier prizes worth $1 or more won in 19 states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
Lottery players face long odds — 1 in 302.6 million — in winning the jackpot, but the odds of winning other prizes
Since the game was rolled out in 2002, California has had jackpot winners:
- Dec. 8, 2023 - $394 million in Encino
- Oct. 14, 2022 - $251 million in San Jose
- Jan. 28, 2022 - $292.9 million in Woodland Hills
- July 31, 2020 - $17.9 million Mira Loma
- June 7, 2019 - $522 million in San Diego
- July 24, 2018 - $543 million in Santa Clara County
- April 28, 2017 - $61 million in Laguna Hills
- Jan. 27, 2017 - $191 million in Nipton
- Aug. 22, 2014 - $180 million in Calimesa
- March 25, 2014 - $30 million in Los Angeles
- Dec. 17, 2013 - $324 million in Northern California
- Dec. 14, 2012 - $35 million in Bellflower
- Oct. 16, 2012 - $30.5 million in Fresno
- Sept. 11, 2012 - $120 million in Riverside
- July 27, 2012 - $52 million in Fremont
- May 29, 2012 - $32 million in Pomona
- May 15, 2012 - $25 million in Beverly Hills
- Dec. 27, 2011 - $ 208 million in San Jose
- Nov. 1, 2011 - $78 million in Paso Robles
- Sept. 30, 2011 - $56.5 million in Los Angeles
- May 3, 2011 - $51 million in Bakersfield
- Aug. 27, 2010 - $135 million in Morro Bay
- July 16, 2010 - $64 in Agoura Hills and El Monte
- May 4, 2010 - $266 million in Pico Rivera
- March 5, 2010 - $134 million in Long Beach
- Nov. 10, 2009 - $38.5 million in South San Francisco
- Aug. 28, 2009 - $168 million in San Gabriel
- May 15, 2009 n- $19 million in Santa Ana
- May 1, 2009 - $75.6 million in Mill Valley
- Jan. 2, 2009 - $47 million in San Diego
- May 11, 2007 - $113 million in Hawthorne
- Sept. 21, 2007 - $61 million in Studio City
- June 16, 2006 - $35 million in La Quinta
- Nov. 15, 2005 - $315 million in Anaheim
- Nov. 29, 2005 - $17.5 million in Wilmington
- Dec. 30, 2005 - $88 million in Montebello
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