$893M Mega Millions Jackpot Drawing Is Tuesday: What To Know In MI

MICHIGAN — Lottery players in Michigan have another shot Tuesday at one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots — $893 million — in the history of the game.

The jackpot climbed again for Tuesday’s drawing after no one matched the five white balls — 13, 25, 50, 51 and 66 — and the mega ball, which was 6, in Friday night’s drawing. Mega Millions numbers are drawn twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. Eastern Time.

To be eligible for the jackpot, Michigan players must buy their tickets by 10:45 p.m.

Jackpots may be paid out over a 30-year annuity, but most people take a lump sum payment, which would be $413.5 million for Tuesday’s drawing. It’s important to remember that winnings are subject to federal taxes and, often, state taxes as well.

Tickets cost $2. For another $1, players can buy the Megaplier option, which increases their non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four or five times. The Megaplier in Friday’s drawing was 5X. Mega Millions is played in 45 states; Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Although there were no jackpot winners Friday, a ticket sold in New York matched the five white balls to win a second-tier $1 million prize. Another 39 tickets matched four white balls and the Mega ball to win third-tier prizes, which were worth $50,000 each for the nine players who played the Megaplier option. The other third-tier winners took home $10,000 each.

The top prize has been growing since Dec. 8, when the same Los Angeles gas station sold two jackpot-winning tickets. The two winners split the $394 million prize.

• Related: Gas Station Sells 2 Mega Millions Jackpot-Winning Tickets

In the 28 consecutive drawings since the last jackpot win, almost 21.5 million non-jackpot winning tickets have been sold, including 33 second-tier prizes worth $1 or more won in 19 states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

Tuesday’s jackpot is the sixth-largest in the 22-year history of the Mega Millions game and the 10th-largest U.S. lottery prize. Five of those six jackpots exceeded $1 billion.

Lottery players face long odds — 1 in 302.6 million — in winning the jackpot, but the odds of winning other prizes

Since the game was rolled out in 2002, Michigan has had 18 jackpot winners:

• $1 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 - Oakland County
• $42 million, Oct. 13, 2017 - Waterford
• $66 million, June 14, 2013 - Port Huron
• $80 million, July 5, 2013 - Troy
• $19 million, Feb. 5, 2013 - Atlantic Mine
• $27 million, May 13, 2011 - Kalamazoo
• $93 million, Feb. 1, 2011 - Belleville
• $141 million, Oct. 29, 2010 - Gladstone
• $36 million, June 11, 2010 - Kalamazoo
• $42 million, Oct. 23, 2008 - Washington
• $57 million, June 13, 2008 - Kent City
• $136 million, April 1, 2008 - Livonia
• $75 million, Nov. 14, 2006 - Detroit
• $208 million, April 22, 2005 - Port Huron
• $35 million, Nov 29, 2005 - Saginaw
• $47 million, July 23, 2004 - Pullman
• $70 million, Nov. 11, 2003 - Battle Creek
• $17 million, Sept. 6, 2002 - Kentwood

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article listed the jackpot at $875 million. It has since risen to $893 million.