Mega Millions jackpot soars to $790M, fourth largest prize in the U.S.
(WJW) -- Anticipation is building and so is the Mega Millions jackpot. The jackpot rolled again on Friday night after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn: 14, 40, 60, 64, and 66, plus the gold Mega Ball 16. The top prize has now soared to $790 million with a cash option of $464.4 million.
There were still millions of winners in Friday night’s drawing – a total of 3,428,412 winning tickets at all prize levels. Four tickets matched the five white balls to win the game's second prize. Three of them are worth $3 million each because they included the optional Megaplier, which can increase a non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times in participating states. They were sold in Delaware, New Jersey, and New York.
The remaining Match 5 winning ticket, worth $1 million, was sold in Virginia.
There have been only three lottery jackpots ever won – in any game – at a higher level than next Tuesday’s estimated prize of $790 million. Two were Mega Millions of jackpots – $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018 and $1.050 billion won in Michigan in 2021.
The current world record lottery prize is a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won on January 13, 2016.
Here are the top Mega Millions of jackpots to date:
| Amount | Date | Winning Tickets |
| $1.537 billion | 10/23/2018 | 1-South Carolina |
| $1.050 billion | 1/22/2021 | 1-Michigan |
| $790 million (est) | 7/26/2022 | ? |
| $656 million | 3/30/2012 | 3-Illinois, Kansas, Maryland |
| $648 million | 12/17/2013 | 2-California, Georiga |
| $543 million | 7/24/2018 | 1-California |
| $536 million | 7/8/2016 | 1-Indiana |
| $533 million | 3/30/2018 | 1-New Jersey |
| $522 million | 6/7/2019 | 1-California |
| $516 million | 5/21//2021 | 1-Pennsylvania |
The next drawing is Tuesday, July 26 at 11 p.m. ET. Mega Millions of tickets are $2 apiece.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.