Check to see if you beat 1 in 302.5 million odds to win Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot.
Tuesday’s winning numbers are 07-29-60-63-66, with a Mega Ball of 15.
Tuesday’s jackpot escalated to $830 million with a cash option of $487.9 million — the third-highest Mega Millions jackpot ever, according to the Mega Millions website.
The top jackpot of $1.586 billion came in a Powerball drawing on January 13, 2016. It is followed by Mega Millions jackpots of $1.537 billion won on October 23, 2018 in South Carolina, and $1.050 billion won on January 22, 2021 in Michigan .
The current Mega Millions jackpot increased after no ticket in Friday’s drawing matched all six numbers for the $630 million jackpot ($359.7 million cash option). The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 303 million, according to the Mega Millions site.
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But four tickets matched the five white balls with three winners (in Delaware, New Jersey and New York) getting $3 million each because they included the optional Megaplier. The fourth, sold in Virginia, is worth $1 million.
So far, the biggest Mega Millions jackpot this year was $426 million, won on January 28 in California – followed by $128 million won in New York on March 8 and $110 million won in Minnesota on April 12.
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