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No one won the jackpot last night. Mega Millions jackpot rolls up to $178,000,000 Friday, April 19th, 2024

Texas Mega Millions Payout and News
Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 01:05 AM

Texas Mega Millions News and Payout for Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Drawing

Wall Street is not the only place where fortunes are made and lost these days. One fortune is going to be up for grabs on Friday, when Mega Millions lottery has $178,000,000 on the line. The cash value will be $$79.6 million up for grab. Mega Millions' jackpot increased since no player matched all 5 lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number drawn Tuesday night. The numbers from Tuesday night, April 16th, 2024 were 21-26-36-44-59 and the Mega Ball was 02, Megaplier was 4. There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past six draws since Friday, March 29th, 2024.The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in NJ, matched all six numbers for a $0 million top prize.

Although the grand prize was not awarded Tuesday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. A total of 12 lucky players won the 3rd prize. These included 12 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000.

In addition, 277 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. 756 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.

With 9 prize tiers, there were 1,184,386 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 drawing.

Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record highest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The overall odds of winning are about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.

There were 66,714 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024's drawing.



Texas MEGA Millions Payout 2024-04-16

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$500.0025
3 of 5 + Megaball$200.0060
3 of 5$10.001,864
2 of 5 + Megaball$10.001,613
1 of 5 + Megaball$4.0012,345
Megaball Only$2.0031,156

With Megaplier

MatchPrize Amount# of WinnersWhere
5 of 5$2,000,000.000
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,000.000
4 of 5$1,000.006
3 of 5 + Megaball$400.0023
3 of 5$20.00810
2 of 5 + Megaball$20.00659
1 of 5 + Megaball$8.005,143
Megaball Only$4.0013,010