Mega Millions jackpot rises to $810M
July 22 drawing produced more than 3M winning lottery tickets
The Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday jumped to an estimated $810 million, with a cash value of $470.1 million.
If won, it will be the third-largest Mega Millions jackpot prize in the game’s history.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion on Oct. 23, 2018, and was sold in South Carolina.
Four Mega Millions jackpots have been won to date this year, including in California, New York, Minnesota and Tennessee.
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Stephanie Talton, of Des Moines, Iowa, holds her Mega Millions lottery ticket, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall / AP Newsroom)
The drawing on July 22, produced 3,428,412 winning lottery tickets, including four with second-tier prizes.
Those four were located in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
For Delaware, New Jersey and New York, those tickets included the Megaplier, raising the prize from $1 million to $3 million.
105 additional winners received a third-tier prize of $10,000 or more.
FILE - A lottery ticket vending machine sits a convenience store, July 21, 2022, in Northbrook, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file / AP Newsroom)
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The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 303 million.
The jackpots start at $20 million and grow based on game sales and interest rates.
Mega Millions tickets are $2 and are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In most jurisdictions, players can add the Megaplier for an additional $1.
A customer fills out a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Northbrook, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh / AP Newsroom)
Drawings are held each Tuesday and Friday and conducted at 11 p.m. ET in Atlanta.
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Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold.
That money supports lottery beneficiaries and retailer commissions.