According to ABC News, the winning numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot on August 1 (local time) were 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and the Mega Ball number was 12, but no winner was found.
Only 7 people owned tickets that matched 5/6 numbers, so each person won a prize of 1 million USD.
A Mega Millions ticket. Photo: AP
The Mega Millions jackpot on August 1 was worth $1.1 billion, the fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever and the sixth-largest in U.S. lottery history (including the Powerball jackpot). Because there was no winner, the prize was increased to $1.25 billion in the next drawing.
The last Mega Millions jackpot winner was on April 18. Since then, no one has won the Mega Millions jackpot in 30 consecutive drawings.
The four previous billion-dollar Mega Million jackpots were recorded in 2018, 2021, 2022 and January 2023.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands. Each ticket costs $2.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be on August 4.
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