RELEASE DATE 7/5/2016
With strong sales around the country, the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $454 million ($319 million cash). That’s the third largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
The jackpot has been growing since it was last won on March 8 by Michael Burkett in Washington, who received a $157 million prize. The only other jackpot won this year was a $169 million prize in New York; the winner of that January 8 drawing, Nancy Viola, was just announced last week by the New York Lottery.
The top ten Mega Millions jackpots won to date are::
Amount
|
Date
|
Winning Tickets
|
| $656 million |
3/30/2012 |
3-IL, KS, MD |
| $648 million |
12/17/2013 |
2-CA, GA |
| $414 million |
3/18/2014 |
2-FL, MD |
| $390 million |
3/6/2007 |
2-GA, NJ |
| $380 million |
1/4/2011 |
2-ID, WA |
| $336 million |
8/28/2009 |
2-CA, NY |
| $330 million |
8/31/2007 |
4-MD, NJ, TX, VA |
| $326 million |
11/4/2014 |
1-NY |
| $319 million |
3/25/2011 |
1-NY |
| $315 million |
11/15/2005 |
1-CA |
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