After our recent blog posts concerning the increasing size of the Megamillions jackpot across the pond the Lotto Central team were keen to review the results of the Megamillions draw on Friday night .
The Megamillions numbers drawn on Friday 22nd August 2014 were 05-31-34-41-74 , the Megaball was 03 with the jackpot standing at $180 million .
The draw organisers confirm that one ticket holder matched the five main balls and the Megaball and scooped the Megamillions jackpot of $180 million!
The lucky winning Megamillions ticket was purchased in a 7-Eleven store in Calimesa, California – this is the second Megamillions jackpot win in California this year following on from the $30 million jackpot win in Los Angeles on 4th April 2014.
In Friday’s draw there was also one ticket holder who matched the five main balls but did not match Megaball but nevertheless went home with a not too shabby $1,000,000 for matching the five main balls.
Next up were 45 ticket holders who matched four main balls and the Megaball who won $5,000 each , 3 of the 45 ticket holders had selected the Megaplier option by paying an additional $1 for their ticket , these 3 ticket holders won $25,000 each as the Megaplier for Friday night’s drawing was 5x.(n.b. figures apply to all states apart from California who operate payments on a pari-mutuel basis for non jackpot amounts ).
So ,the jackpot returns to an estimated $15 million in the next Megamillions draw , which is a lot less than $180 million(!) but certainly worth consideration as $15 million is still worth playing for – the Megamillions jackpot fever over the past few days has convinced the Lotto Central team that this should be a regular part of our Lotto playing.
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