Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to grow after someone wins the $800 million award on September 10.
Here are the winning numbers for Tuesday’s drawing:
12-14-26-48-52; Mega Balls: 21; Megamultiplier: 5X
The estimated prize for the draw is $619 million. The cash option is about $293.6 million. If no one wins, the jackpot goes up for the next draw.
According to the official game websitethe odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
Players choose six numbers from two different sets of numbers (five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25) or select Easy Pick. A player wins the jackpot by matching six winning numbers in a draw.
Jackpot winners can choose between receiving 30 annual payouts, each five percent higher than the last, or a lump sum payout.
Mega Millions drawings are on Tuesdays and Fridays and are offered in 45 states, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each.