No, You Didn't Win The Lottery. Some Jerk In Florida Did

Just about everybody threw their $2 (or more) in the ring for Tuesday night's drawing of the Mega Millions Jackpot with a $1.58 BILLION prize, but if you live anywhere that you can play, you can go ahead and just pitch that ticket - unless you live in Florida.

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You Didn't Win

One person with more luck than the average bear has matched all six numbers in the Tuesday night drawing for the jackpot, ending a stretch of jackpot building that lasted nearly four months.

Lottery officials announced that the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday night will have a top prize of an estimated $1.58 billion, making it the largest jackpot the lottery has ever awarded. The cash out option would bring this person a cash option of $783.3 million, according to Mega Millions.

The jackpot has been on the rise since spring - with the previous $20 million prize was won in Syracuse, New York, on April 18th. Five Mega Millions jackpots have been won this year so far, including the previous second-place record for the largest jackpot in the history of the game, at $1.348 billion.

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The Largest Jackpots Won In Mega Millions History

$1.58 billion from one ticket in Florida, August 2023.
$1.537 billion from one ticket in South Carolina in October 2018.
$1.348 billion from one ticket in Maine in January 2023.
$1.337 billion from one ticket in Illinois in July 2022.
$1.105 billion from one ticket in Michigan in January 2021.

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The Winning Numbers

Tickets for Mega Millions cost $2 per play, and there are 9 total ways to win a prize.

To play, you pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in the drawing.

The winning numbers for Tuesday's won jackpot drawing 32, 19, 13, 33, and 20 with a Mega Ball was 14 and the Megaplier was 2X.