Look right away The winning combination from the drawing held on Tuesday, August 13 by Mega Millionsone of the major American lotteries that offers multi-million dollar prizes.
You do not have to be a US citizen or resident to participate in the Mega Millions drawing.You simply need to be of legal age in the jurisdiction in which the ticket was purchased to play.
The time you have to claim your winning prize varies depending on local rules and regulations. The period can range from 90 days to one year from the date of withdrawal.To find out the maximum time to claim a prize, check with the lottery in the state where the winning ticket was purchased.
Withdrawal date: August 13
Winning group: 34 55 59 65 70 12
multiplier:4
Mega Millions holds two drawings per week.Tuesdays and Fridays, where you can win several million dollars.
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To play Mega Millions you must select six numbers.The first five must be between 1 and 70, without repetition, the sixth digit must be one between 1 and 25.
If you don’t know which combination to choose, you can let Mega Millions choose randomly for you.
To win the Mega Millions jackpot, The selection must match each of the six numbers in the draw.. but, You can win from the first draw.The more numbers you get, the bigger your prize.
Mega Millions prizes range from $2 to several million dollars.
The price of each Mega Millions game is two dollars, which you can win back by hitting one of the six numbers in the drawing.
If you win the Mega Millions jackpot, you have two options to collect it: The first is to Cash, make a one-time payment of the total amount Obtained in your draw; the second through Annual installments, given in one payment followed by annual payments for 29 yearsEach payment is 5% larger than the previous payment.
Mega Millions began on August 31, 1996 as “The Big Game.” The first drawing was held on September 6, 1996 and only six states participated.
Initially, draws were held only on Fridays, and did not begin on Tuesdays until 1998. The following year, New Jersey became the seventh member state, followed by Ohio, Washington, New York, and California.
In 2002, the game changed its name from Big Game to Mega Millions and in 2010 all 45 US states were part of the drawing, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
On March 30, 2012, Mega Millions made history with the world’s largest jackpot in any game to date: $656 million.The grand prize was divided into three parts.
The lottery industry record stood for nearly four years until it was first surpassed by Win the Powerball Jackpot Worth $1.586 billion in January 2016 and then on November 8, 2022 when the same Powerball delivered $2.4 billion.
The largest prize ever awarded in Mega Millions history. It was valued at $1.602 million and was taken by a Florida man in August 2023.
A few months earlier, in January of that same year, this lottery awarded another of its biggest prizes: $1.348 million, to a lucky man from Maine.
The last big Mega Millions jackpot came in March 2024 when someone from New Jersey won $1.28 million.
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