The jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing soars to $944,000,000

TX Mega Millions lottery News and Payout for Friday, December 20th, 2024 Drawing

The multi-state Mega Millions game grand prize has rised to $944,000,000 dollars after there was no grand prize winner in Friday's drawing. The lump-sum cash payout will be $$429.4 million. The winning numbers drawn Friday night, December 20th, 2024 were 02, 20, 51, 56, 67 and the Mega Ball was 19, Megaplier was 2. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing for 29 draws since Friday, September 13th, 2024.The last jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in TX, matched all six numbers for a $800 million top prize.

While the grand prize was not awarded Friday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were 5 lucky players that matched all 5 white ball numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 5 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in AR,IL,IN(2),PA will collect $1,000,000 cash each.

Also, 37 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday night included 949 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 2659 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.

With nine prize tiers, there were 4,137,976 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, December 20th, 2024 drawing.

Mega Millions can be played in 43 states and Washington DC. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players through prize winnings. Approximately 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. Approximately 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/46 (Mega Balls) system from which winning numbers are chosen. The overall chances of winning any prizes are about 1 to 14. The odds of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can select one lump-sum cash payout option instead.

There were 228,311 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday, December 20th, 2024's drawing.

• 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $10,000 each.
• 100 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $500 each.
• 270 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $200 each.
• 6262 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $10 each.
• 5493 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball and won $10 each.
• 44262 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball and won $4 each.
• 110134 ticket(s) matched Megaball Only and won $2 each.
• 36 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 with multiplier purchased and won $1,000 each.
• 104 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $400 each.
• 2372 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 with multiplier purchased and won $20 each.
• 2025 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $20 each.
• 16387 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Megaball with multiplier purchased and won $8 each.
• 40865 ticket(s) matched Megaball Only with multiplier purchased and won $4 each.

U.S.A. MEGA Millions Payout 2024-12-20 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball $862,000,000.00 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 5 AR,IL,IN(2),PA 4 of 5 + Megaball $10,000.00 37 4 of 5 $500.00 949 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 2,659 3 of 5 $10.00 62,345 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 56,511 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 445,631 Megaball Only $2.00 1,099,201 With Megaplier Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 $2,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Megaball $10,000.00 11 4 of 5 $1,000.00 261 3 of 5 + Megaball $400.00 649 3 of 5 $20.00 14,963 2 of 5 + Megaball $20.00 13,237 1 of 5 + Megaball $8.00 107,332 Megaball Only $4.00 265,197 Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2024-12-20 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Megaball Jackpot 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Megaball $10,000.00 1 4 of 5 $500.00 100 3 of 5 + Megaball $200.00 270 3 of 5 $10.00 6,262 2 of 5 + Megaball $10.00 5,493 1 of 5 + Megaball $4.00 44,262 Megaball Only $2.00 110,134 With Megaplier Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 $2,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Megaball $10,000.00 0 4 of 5 $1,000.00 36 3 of 5 + Megaball $400.00 104 3 of 5 $20.00 2,372 2 of 5 + Megaball $20.00 2,025 1 of 5 + Megaball $8.00 16,387 Megaball Only $4.00 40,865