Mega Millions: Tuesday’s winning numbers for the $785 million jackpot - KTLA Los Angeles

by: Nexstar Media Wire, Addy Bink

Posted: Jan 3, 2023 / 08:03 PM PST

Updated: Jan 3, 2023 / 08:13 PM PST

(NEXSTAR) – Ahead of Tuesday’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot reached an estimated $785 million, making it the fourth-largest jackpot successful Mega Millions past and the sixth-largest lottery prize successful the U.S.

This is lone the 3rd clip the Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $700 million, according to crippled officials. All 3 times, the jackpot yet past $1 billion, becoming the largest expansive prizes successful the game’s history.

If a summons matches each six numbers drawn Tuesday, seen below, the victor volition onshore a jackpot with a currency enactment of $403.8 million, officials say.

Here are Tuesday’s winning numbers: 25, 29, 33, 41, 44, and golden Mega Ball 18.

Tickets sold successful California and Florida for an Oct. 14 drafting shared the past Mega Millions jackpot of $502 million. The lottery’s apical prize has been gathering anew implicit 20 drawings held since then.

Last year, a record-setting Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.4 billion was claimed successful Illinois. It was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize for astir 4 months until November erstwhile a Powerball summons sold successful California matched the winning numbers for a $2.04 cardinal jackpot.

If determination is nary victor successful Tuesday’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot would person to turn by much than $2 cardinal to go the third-largest prize successful the game’s history. That spot is presently held by a $1.05 cardinal prize claimed successful Michigan successful 2021.

During Tuesday’s drawing, officials said the jackpot could surpass $900 cardinal up of Friday’s drawing.

There are a couple of factors that volition interaction conscionable however large the Mega Millions jackpot gets earlier Friday’s drawing.

Here are the largest Mega Millions jackpots to date:

1. $1.537 billion: Oct. 23, 2018 (SC)
2. $1.337 billion: July 29, 2022 (IL)
3. $1.050 billion: Jan. 22, 2021 (MI)
4. $785 cardinal (est.)
5. $656 million: Mar. 30, 2012 (IL, KS, MD)
6. $648 million: Dec. 17, 2013 (CA, GA)
7. $543 million: July 24, 2018 (CA)
8. $536 million: July 8, 2016 (IN)
9. $533 million: Mar. 30, 2018 (NJ)
10. $522 million: June 7, 2019 (CA)

With oregon without a jackpot winner, the adjacent Mega Millions drafting is astatine 11 p.m. ET Friday.

Mega Millions is played successful 45 states and the District of Columbia. Tickets are $2 and determination are a full of 9 ways to triumph a prize.