(WJW) — Anticipation is building and so is the Mega Millions jackpot!
It soared to $790 million with a cash option of $464.4 million.
The jackpot rolled again on Friday night after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn: 14, 40, 60, 64 and 66, plus the gold Mega Ball 16.
There were still millions of winners in Friday night’s drawing – a total of 3,428,412 winning tickets at all prize levels. Four tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s second prize. Three of them are worth $3 million each because they included the optional Megaplier. They were sold in Delaware, New Jersey and New York.
The remaining Match 5 winning ticket, worth $1 million, was sold in Virginia.
There have been only three lottery jackpots ever won – in any game – at a higher level than next Tuesday’s estimated prize of $790 million. Two were Mega Millions jackpots – $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018 and $1.050 billion won in Michigan in 2021.
The current world record lottery prize is a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won on January 13, 2016.
Here are the top Mega Millions jackpots to date:
Amount | Date | Winning Tickets |
$1.537 billion | 10/23/2018 | 1-SC |
$1.050 billion | 1/22/2021 | 1-MI |
$790 million (est) | 7/26/2022 | ? |
$656 million | 3/30/2012 | 3-IL, KS, MD |
$648 million | 12/17/2013 | 2-CA, GA |
$543 million | 7/24/2018 | 1-CA |
$536 million | 7/8/2016 | 1-IN |
$533 million | 3/30/2018 | 1-NJ |
$522 million | 6/7/2019 | 1-CA |
$516 million | 5/21//2021 | 1-PA |
The next drawing is Tuesday, July 26 at 11 p.m.
Mega Millions tickets are $2 apiece.