Did anyone win the $820M Mega Millions jackpot? Wednesday, July 26
The Mega Millions jackpot is inching closer to $1 billion after no one won the $820 million prize Tuesday. The jackpot now sits at $910 million for Friday night's drawing. Two players won at least $1 million: a ticket in Maryland matched five white balls but not the Mega Ball, and another in Texas is worth $4 million thanks to the added Megaplier. The prize is now the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and the fifth-largest in Mega Millions history. July has been a hot month for lottery prizes after a ticket sold in downtown Los Angeles won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot. Mega Millions hasn't seen a grand prize winner since April 18, when a 71-year-old man from New York won the state's largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. Johnnie Taylor of Howard Beach in Queens, New York, won $476 million but opted for the cash option — a lump sum of more than $157 million after taxes. Since mid-April, there have been 28 drawings without a grand prize winner. Winners almost always take the cash option, but they do have a choice to instead get the full amount in regular payments over 29 years. The cash option for Tuesday's drawing is $422 million. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/mega-millions-winning-numbers-tuesday-july-25-2023/507-b22fb8c6-e8df-4539-9a6f-6149863776fb Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
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The Mega Millions jackpot is inching closer to $1 billion after no one won the $820 million prize Tuesday. The jackpot now sits at $910 million for Friday night's drawing.
Two players won at least $1 million: a ticket in Maryland matched five white balls but not the Mega Ball, and another in Texas is worth $4 million thanks to the added Megaplier.
The prize is now the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and the fifth-largest in Mega Millions history. July has been a hot month for lottery prizes after a ticket sold in downtown Los Angeles won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot.
Mega Millions hasn't seen a grand prize winner since April 18, when a 71-year-old man from New York won the state's largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. Johnnie Taylor of Howard Beach in Queens, New York, won $476 million but opted for the cash option — a lump sum of more than $157 million after taxes.
Since mid-April, there have been 28 drawings without a grand prize winner.
Winners almost always take the cash option, but they do have a choice to instead get the full amount in regular payments over 29 years. The cash option for Tuesday's drawing is $422 million.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/mega-millions-winning-numbers-tuesday-july-25-2023/507-b22fb8c6-e8df-4539-9a6f-6149863776fb
Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!