Someone in Texas won the $800 million Mega Millions jackpot after matching all six numbers drawn Tuesday night.
The winning numbers drawn were: 1, 2, 16, 24, 66, 6 and a Megaplier of 4x. Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at Murphy USA 8848 in Sugar Land, Texas.
This jackpot ranked as the seventh-largest in the game's history, the winner takes an estimated prize of $800 million, $404.2 million cash.
In addition to the jackpot-winning ticket, four tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s $1 million second-tier prize, sold in California, Florida, New York and Washington, according to the game's website.
The last time someone won the game’s top prize was on June 4 when a winning ticket worth $552 million was sold in Illinois.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever, worth $$1.58 billion, was sold on Aug. 8, 2023, in Florida.
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The next drawing will be Friday with the jackpot now reset at $20 million.
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