The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery game for October 27, offering a jackpot prize of $109 million, with a cash value option of $84.4 million, were revealed on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET.
The numbers drawn Tuesday were 6, 13, 34, 46 and 62 for the white balls, and the yellow Mega Ball was 1 and the Megaplier was 3x, according to the Mega Millions website.
There were no winners of the top jackpot prize or the second prize of $1 million. However, 22 players did match four white balls and the Mega Ball, which won them each $10,000. Two of those winners purchased the Megaplier, which earned them each $30,000.
There were 259 winners who matched four balls, which earned them each $500, with 50 players each winning the Megaplier prize of $1,500.
There were 622 winners who matched three white balls and the Mega Ball, each winning $200, while 111 of those players each won the Megaplier prize of $600.
The most recent jackpot win was from a ticket sold in Wisconsin in September this year for a jackpot prize of $119 million. It marked the fifth Mega Millions jackpot won this year.
Jackpot winners last year included a $372 million ticket sold in Ohio in Mentor, a suburb of Cleveland, and a $227 million ticket sold in Texas in Cedar Park, a suburb north of Austin.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be on Friday, October 30, at 11 p.m. ET for an estimated jackpot prize of $118 million, with a cash value option of $91.4 million.
Mega Millions jackpot prizes won in 2020
- $119 million on September 15 in Wisconsin.
- $22 million on July 31 in California.
- $124 million on July 24 in New Jersey.
- $410 million on June 9 in Arizona.
- $202 million on February 11 in New Jersey.
How to play Mega Millions
Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Five white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70, while one yellow Mega Ball is drawn from balls numbered 1 through 25. You win if the numbers on your lottery ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date.
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. If no one wins the jackpot prize, the money is added to the top prize for the following drawing.
Most states offer a Megaplier option, which costs an additional $1 per play and increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four or five times. Before each Mega Millions drawing on Tuesdays and Fridays, the Megaplier is drawn from a pool of 15 balls. Five of these balls are marked with 2X, six with 3X, three with 4X and one with 5X.
The odds of winning with a $2 Mega Millions ticket are one in 303 million. See the Mega Millions website for more information.
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