The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing has maxed to 400 million dollars for the first time in over a year. A top prize of 410 million dollars, or 308.2 million dollars for the cash option was up for grabs during Tuesday night around 8 p.m. drawing.
The winning numbers were: 1, 5, 9, 10, 23, and 22. It would be the 11th jackpot in the game’s history. The Mega Millions jackpot hasn’t been this high since a San Diego ticket buyer cashed in on 522 million dollar prize on June 7, 2019.
In 2018, a South Carolina player set the record by winning a jackpot of more than 1.5 billion dollars. Mega Millions has seen only one jackpot winner this year, a 202 million dollar haul for a ticket sold in New Jersey.
Arizona Lottery ticket sales raise millions of dollars for education, health and human services, environmental conservation and economic development in the United States of America.
Steve Lopez is the Editorial Page Editor for News Raise. He covers Health. He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards for his reporting and column writing at seven newspapers and four news magazines.