Mega Millions $84 Million Jackpot: Winning Numbers for Tues. Aug. 30

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA —Right now, the MEGA Millions® jackpot is $84,000,000.

Are you the next MEGA Millions player to win a life-changing amount of money?

The MEGA Millions Winning Numbers in Draw #1168 were: 28, 32, 41, 51, 71 with a Mega Number: 11

Prize information will be available upon certification of national results. This will be updated! good luck, everyone who played.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed for over a month, raising the prize payout for the Tuesday drawing.

The record Mega Millions jackpot is $656 million won on March 30, 2012, and it is the second-largest jackpot of all time, while just behind that is the $648 million Mega Millions jackpot split by two winners on Dec. 17, 2013.

Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million. No matter how many people play Mega Millions, the chances of winning never change. The chances of winning are based on the amount of number combinations, not the number of players buying tickets, say lottery officials. The Mega Millions game is played by selecting five numbers out of 75 choices (the numbers from 1 to 75), and by selecting one extra number from 1 to 15 (that's the Mega Ball).

CNN explains the tax implications of winning a big prize:

Lottery winnings are taxed like income, and the IRS taxes the top income bracket 39.6%. The government will withhold 25% of that before the money ever gets to the winner. The rest has to be paid at tax time. Then there are local taxes. Of the 44 U.S. states that participate in Powerball, all but a handful will take an additional cut of the money, according to lottery statistics site USA Mega.

What would you buy if you won the lottery? Tell us in comments!