Mega Millions jackpot grows to $965M after Tuesday drawing

No Connecticut Lottery gamers received the Mega Millions jackpot prize of $900 million in Tuesday night time’s drawing.

The highest quantity received by a Connecticut Lottery participant in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing was $2,000. Tickets for the Mega Millions sport begin at $5, and 10,720 profitable tickets have been produced in Connecticut for Tuesday’s drawing.

The winning Mega Millions numbers on Tuesday have been 10-13-40-42-46 with a Mega Ball variety of 1. The estimated jackpot for the Mega Millions now could be $965 million with a money choice of $445.3 million.

The jackpot has been rolling because it was final received at $348 million in Virginia on June 27. The present jackpot prize of $965 million is the eighth-largest in the game’s history, in accordance with a information launch from Mega Millions.

The Tuesday drawing produced 809,030 profitable tickets throughout all prize tiers within the United States with a complete winnings of greater than $27.9 million, in accordance with Mega Millions. The odds of profitable the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 290,472,336, in accordance with the Mega Millions web site.

To play Mega Millions, gamers should choose six numbers from two separate swimming pools of numbers — 5 totally different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one quantity from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) — or choose Easy Pick/Quick Pick. Players win the jackpot by matching all six profitable numbers in a drawing. In the occasion of a number of jackpot winners, the jackpot prize will probably be shared.

The subsequent Mega Millions drawing will happen Friday night time.