The coincidence of the calendar has increased the jackpot of the American MegaMillions lottery to more than 1 billion dollars! A massive stake which will be put into play for this draw on Friday December 27, just after Christmas with exactly 1.15 billion dollars to be won! If the lines of players are getting longer at the various American points of sale, foreign players can also participate in this record draw as the New Year approaches, we explain everything to you in detail!
???? What to remember about this mega MegaMillions jackpot of $1.15 billion
- ✅ $20 million rollover since the last jackpot on September 10 in Texas, MegaMillions prize pool now stands at $1.15 billion for the next draw on Friday December 27.
- ✅ The last drawing did not crown a big jackpot winner, but four players still won $1 million each (California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wyoming).
- ✅ To try your luck too in this MegaMillions draw exceptional you can play from France at a price of around €5 per grid.
A jackpot of 1.15 billion dollars: biggest jackpot of this year 2024
The Mega Millions American lottery jackpot continues to thrill the United States at the end of the year. After the December 24 draw which approached $1 billion in stakesduring which no grid landed the winning combination (11, 14, 38, 45, 46 and the Mega Ball 3), the jackpot now reached the astronomical sum of $1.15 billion (with a cash option estimated at $516.1 million).
During this Christmas draw, despite the absence of a winner for the jackpot, the December 24 draw was not stingy with secondary prizes. No less than 4 292 338 Tickets won in this draw, all ranks combined. Four players (California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wyoming) won the second highest prize by matching all five numbers (without the Mega Ball), while 106 tickets have matched four correct numbers plus the Mega Ball. Among these 106 lucky winners, 13 chose the Megaplier option (additional cost of 1 dollar), and each of these tickets saw their winnings increase from 10,000 to 30 000 dollarsthanks to a 3X multiplier.
If it is won on December 27she will become the fifth largest jackpot never played in the history of Mega Millions and will constitute the winning record for this year 2024, all lotteries combined in the world.
A holiday season marked by the jackpot in the United States
???? “We know that many people are likely to receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as an end-of-year gift, and what a gift it would be if you ended up with a $1.15 billion winning ticket! » says Joshua Johnston, Senior Director of the Mega Millions Consortium
For him, this holiday season (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, etc.) fits perfectly into the spirit of a game of chance where everyone can dream of extraordinary winnings and extraordinary life projects. Participation should therefore be particularly high to finally see the MegaMillions jackpot fall this Friday, December 27.
A very generous second half of 2024 at MegaMillions
The last Mega Millions jackpot was won on September 10 in Texas, with a prize pool of $810 million. Since then, in the space of 30 printsmore than 25.7 million winning tickets were registered, including 60 tickets who won a prize of at least 1 million dollars in 25 different jurisdictions.
In 2024, Mega Millions displays an atypical record to say the least : only three jackpots have been won so faran extremely rare occurrence in the history of the game since 2002. On the contrary, the year 2023 had established a record with 10 jackpots won. Another proof, if any were needed, of the completely random nature of Mega Millions.
MegaMillions: already six jackpots exceeding a billion dollars
If the $1.15 billion jackpot is won this Fridayit will join the very limited list of mega jackpots of a billion dollars and more. Mega Millions is currently the only lottery game to have already distributed seven jackpots worth more than a billion – if we include this current one. The six already won have all been awarded in different states: South Carolina (2018), Michigan (2021), Illinois (2022), Maine (January 2023), Florida (August 2023) and New Jersey (March 2024).
Ranking the biggest Mega Millions jackpots in history
| Amount | Date | Ticket(s) gagnant(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,602 Md $ | 08/08/2023 | 1 winner Florida |
| 1,537 Md $ | 23/10/2018 | 1 winner South Carolina |
| 1,348 Md $ | 13/01/2023 | 1 winner in Maine |
| 1,337 Md $ | 29/07/2022 | 1 winner in Illinois |
| $1.150 billion (est.) | 27/12/2024 | Waiting for the draw |
| 1,128 Md $ | 26/03/2024 | 1 winner in New Jersey |
| 1,050 Md $ | 22/01/2021 | 1 winner in Minnesota |
| 810 M $ | 10/09/2024 | Texas winner |
| 656 M $ | 30/03/2012 | 3 winners (Illinois, Kansas, Maryland) |
| 648 M $ | 17/12/2013 | 2 winners (California, Georgia) |
Terms of play and distribution of draws: how to play in France?
Mega Millions tickets are sold In 45 US statesin the federal capital Washington DC, as well as in United States Virgin Islands. Each ticket costs 2 dollars, and the Megaplier option (1 additional dollar) allows you to multiply the winnings of the secondary ranks. From every ticket sold, half of the proceeds go directly to good causes and retailer commissions in the state where the ticket is purchased.
In France, certain websites allow you to play your MegaMillions grids from home by going to one of the approved retailers. The best known of them, The Lotter site has several licenses in the United States in different states. (Texas, Minnesota, Oregon, New York and New Jersey). When you make a play on the TheLotter site, an agent buys a ticket in one of the points of sale managed by this operator in one of the 5 approved states.
The only downside is the selling price of the MegaMillions grid, which will charge you €4.80 per simple combination instead of $2 if you were there…The commission of around €2.80, however, remains acceptable in comparison to the price of your plane ticket…
➡️ Our opinion on The Lotter: the reference site for playing foreign lotteries for 20 years
So, who will bring down this historic jackpot of $1.15 billion ? Answer on December 27, at the end of the drawing which could mark a decisive turning point for the future Mega Millions billionaire.
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