Winning Mega Millions Numbers, July 5, 2016: $454 Million Jackpot

With a haul estimated at $454 million, the Mega Millionsnumbers on Tuesday, July 5, could win you the seventh-largest jackpot of all lottery games in the country's history, say lottery officials.

The one-time cash payout option for Tuesday's game, if you win, is estimated at $319 million. Brisk ticket sales boosted the jackpot by $5 million during the day.

The winning numbers are: 29-46-53-64-73 with a Megaball of 10

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A March 2012 Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million held the record for the largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history until three winners split the almost $1.6 billion prize in the Jan. 13, 2016, drawing. Mega Millions has awarded 10 jackpots of more than $300 million.

Tuesday's prize ranks as the seventh-largest jackpot in the United States of all lottery games, including Powerball, officials said, and the third-largest prize for the Mega Millions game in its history.

The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million.

Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Illinois residents 18 and over, can purchase Mega Millions and all of the Illinois Lottery’s draw-based game tickets by using the Illinois Lottery’s mobile app. The free app (the first of its kind in the United States) is available for download on iOS and Android devices and offers any Illinois adult the chance to purchase lottery tickets on their smartphone. Players can also purchase tickets online at illinoislottery.com and at nearly 8,000 retailers statewide.

QUICK MEGA MILLIONS FACTS

• Jackpots start at $15 million
• Overall odds of winning the jackpot 1:258,890,850
• Drawings are at 9:59 PM (CT) every Tuesday and Friday