Someone in Texas won $800 million Mega millions jackpot after matching all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night.
The winning numbers drawn were: 1, 2, 16, 24, 66, 6 and a Megaplier of 4x. Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at 8848 Murphy USA in Sugar Land, Texas.
This jackpot ranks as the seventh largest in the history of the game, the winner takes an estimated prize of $800 million, $404.2 million in cash.
In addition to the jackpot-winning ticket, four tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize of $1 million, sold in California, Florida, New York and Washington, according to the game’s website.
The last time someone won the game’s top prize was on June 4, when a winning ticket worth $552 million was sold in Illinois.
The biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever, worth $1.58 billionsold on August 8, 2023, i Florida.
The next draw will be Friday with the jackpot now reset to $20 million.