Mega Millions hasn’t seen a jackpot winner since December.
WASHINGTON — The Mega Millions jackpot has passed the half-a-billion dollar mark, with Tuesday’s grand prize worth $563 million.
Mega Millions hasn’t seen a grand prize winner since December 8, 2023, when two tickets shared a $394 million jackpot.
Last year was a big year for massive lottery jackpots, with two Mega Millions jackpots and one Powerball jackpot worth over $1 billion. Tuesday’s $563 million jackpot doesn’t even crack the top ten largest U.S. lottery jackpots.
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 value of Tuesday’s jackpot is $266.1 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302,575,350.
Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024
The winning numbers were: 6-18-26-27-49 − Mega Ball: 4 Megaplier: 3x
When is the Mega Millions drawing?
Mega Millions drawings take place on Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time.
What are the largest US lottery jackpots ever?
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
- $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, August 8, 2023 (one ticket, from Florida)
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
- $1.348 billion Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket, from Maine)
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
- $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023 (one ticket, from California)
- $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
- $842.4 million, Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024 (one ticket, from Michigan)
- $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
