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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $306,000,000; 1 player matched the first five numbers

Texas Mega Millions Payout and News
Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2024 12:38 AM

TX Mega Millions News and Payout for Friday, May 3rd, 2024 Drawing

The Mega Millions multi-state lottery grand prize climbed to $306,000,000 (cash option $$140.1 million) Tuesday night when there were no jackpot winning tickets in the $284,000,000 drawing, lottery officials said. The winning numbers drawn Friday night, May 3rd, 2024 were 06-13-15-53-56 with Mega Ball 11 and Megaplier x2. There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 11 draws since Friday, March 29th, 2024.A single lucky winner from NJ won the $0 million jackpot in Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 drawing.

While the jackpot was not awarded Friday evening, some players still walked away with huge pile of cash. There was a single lucky ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) purchased in SD, each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.

Other prizes won Friday evening included 15 tickets that matched 4 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Friday night included 307 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. There were 870 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

With 9 prize tiers, there were 1,486,928 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, May 3rd, 2024 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium involving 44 state lotteries. It holds the record largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70+1/46 matrix to randomly choose winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners may select one lump-sum cash payout option instead.

There were 87,464 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday, May 3rd, 2024's drawing.


U.S.A. MEGA Millions Payout 2024-05-03

MatchPrize Amount# of WinnersWhere
5 of 5 + Megaball$284,000,000.000
5 of 5$1,000,000.001SD
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,000.0015
4 of 5$500.00307
3 of 5 + Megaball$200.00870
3 of 5$10.0020,667
2 of 5 + Megaball$10.0020,072
1 of 5 + Megaball$4.00157,285
Megaball Only$2.00379,016

With Megaplier

MatchPrize Amount# of WinnersWhere
5 of 5$2,000,000.000
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,000.005
4 of 5$1,000.0077
3 of 5 + Megaball$400.00250
3 of 5$20.005,616
2 of 5 + Megaball$20.005,747
1 of 5 + Megaball$8.0044,626
Megaball Only$4.00108,910


Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2024-05-03

MatchPrize Amount# of WinnersWhere
5 of 5 + MegaballJackpot0
5 of 5$1,000,000.000
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,000.000
4 of 5$500.0035
3 of 5 + Megaball$200.0091
3 of 5$10.002,023
2 of 5 + Megaball$10.002,215
1 of 5 + Megaball$4.0016,897
Megaball Only$2.0040,884

With Megaplier

MatchPrize Amount# of WinnersWhere
5 of 5$2,000,000.000
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,000.000
4 of 5$1,000.0016
3 of 5 + Megaball$400.0038
3 of 5$20.00845
2 of 5 + Megaball$20.00903
1 of 5 + Megaball$8.006,895
Megaball Only$4.0016,622