Lottery players across America can keep dreaming big dreams. The Mega Millions lottery drawing Friday night ended with no big jackpot winners, so now more than $1 billion — yes, with a B — will be up for grabs in the next drawing, set for Tuesday night, Aug. 1.
The cash option for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing is estimated at $527.9 million, according to lottery officials. The full annuity value is tagged at $1.05 billion, which would tie as the seventh biggest lottery jackpot ever recorded in the United States.
Lottery officials said there were several lucky lottery players Friday night who won $1 million each for matching the five main numbers but not the Mega ball number. Those tickets were sold in Arizona, California, New York and Pennsylvania.
In addition, one Mega ticket sold in Pennsylvania won a whopping $5 million, because it matched the five main numbers and the player plucked down extra money for the Megaplier option. The Megaplier number turned out to be 5, so that lottery player won five times the regular prize of $1 million.
The winning numbers in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing were: 5, 10, 28, 52 and 63. The Mega Ball drawn was 18.
No word yet on whether any tickets sold in New Jersey won any secondary prizes for matching four numbers. In all, 92 tickets sold across the nation matched four of the five main numbers, plus the Mega number, so those tickets are each worth $10,000.
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