Tuesday’s Mega Millions “Big Money” Winners In New York
Tuesday night was a lucky night for some Mega Millions lottery players in New York State.
The New York State Lottery announced that four "Big Money" winning tickets were sold from last night's drawing. Each one of those tickets matched 4 out of five numbers and had the Megaball. Each one of those tickets will take home the 3rd place prize of $10,000.
The odds of winning the 3rd place $10,000 prize for the Mega Millions are 1-931,001.
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There were also 47 4th-place-winning tickets sold in New York. Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and won $500. The odds of winning the 4th place Mega Millions prize is 1 in 38,792
Tuesday's winning Mega Millions numbers were: 6-18-26-27-40 with a Megaball of 4
No one claimed the grand prize so the jackpot for Friday's drawing is up to $607 million dollars. If someone were to win that prize, it would be a record-setting one here in New York State.
Here is a look at the largest Lottery jackpots ever won in New York State.
6. $202 Million Dollars
A group of players who played under an LLC named 1937 Flatbush Ave Dodgers LLC won the Powerball prize on June 1st, 2011.
5.$208 Million Dollars
Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.
4. $319 Million Dollars
Seven co-workers from Albany pulled their money and had the winning ticket for the Mega Millions. They took home $319 million dollars in 2011.
3. $326 Million Dollars
Harold Diamond held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in New York for seven years. He took home the Mega Millions jackpot in 2014.
2. $432 Million Dollars
This winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in September of 2021. The NY Lottery does not know who owns the tickets.
1. $476 Million Dollars
Johnnie Taylor took home the jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing in April of 2023.
If you are hoping to set the new record just know the odds are against you. The current odds of winning the Mega Millions grand prize jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
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