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Mega Millions debuted on May 17, 2002, and one lucky player hit the jackpot on the very first draw for a $28 million win. Since its inception, the Mega Millions jackpot has been hit 194 times by 219 tickets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Twenty-one Mega Millions jackpots have been worth $300 million or more. The largest to date came in October of 2018, when a South Carolina person won the record $1.537 billion pot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nToday, Mega Millions is played in 45 states, plus DC, as well as the US Virgin Islands. The only states that do not participate are Nevada, Utah, Alabama, Alaska, and Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Winning Tickets Located<\/b><\/h2>\n
Last night’s two winning tickets each worth $1 million were sold in Texas and New York.<\/p>\n
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The New York Mega Millions ticket was sold at the KM Newstand in New York City, located at 555 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The licensed lottery retailer is a newspaper stand outside the Barnes & Noble bookstore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In Texas, the $1 million winning ticket was sold at a Timewise convenience store in Sugar Land. The address of the gas station is 18725 University Boulevard southwest of Houston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRetailers who sell a winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket receive a $10,000 cash bonus. Retailers that sell a jackpot win receive $100,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mega Millions jackpot is more than $400 million during the month of May for only the second time in the interstate lottery game’s history.\u00a0 No one matched all five white balls, plus the gold Mega Ball, during last night’s draw. The winning numbers were 7, 8, 20, 36, 39, and the gold Mega Ball […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":173486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
No Mega Millions Grand Prize Winner Tuesday, Jackpot Grows to $430M<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n