Prizes have also been won on Friday the 13th in New York, Ohio and Rhode Island. There have been six previous jackpots won on Friday the 13th – and four of them were in Michigan, the release said. Since then, more than 33 million winning tickets have been sold, including 68 players who took home $1 million or more, the lottery added. The last jackpot was won at $502 million on October 14, when there were two winning tickets from California and Florida, the Mega Millions said. The Mega Millions’ massive jackpot topped the billion-dollar mark after nearly three months without a winning ticket drawn. “Our member lotteries raise funds for many good causes, ranging from education to conservation programs. “Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is moving up and making history as the second highest Mega Millions jackpot ever,” the lottery said. The estimated jackpot is surpassed only by the lottery’s record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, the lottery said.
The jackpot soared from $1.1 billion after Tuesday night’s drawing when no winner snagged the big prize, the lottery said in a news release Wednesday. It likely will take hours before lottery officials announce whether there is a winner of the top prize.
Officials said the estimated annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion – the second-largest in the lottery’s history – while the potential lump sum cash payout is $724.6 million. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14. Friday the 13th might have ended up being someone’s lucky day.
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