Due to strong ticket sales, tonight’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot has been increased to an estimated $582 million, according to the Virginia Lottery.
The jackpot had previously been announced with a prize of $575 million, representing the ninth largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night – the white balls 28, 30, 44, 66 and 69, plus the gold Mega Ball 2.
It’s only the second time since the game began in 2002 that the jackpot has reached this level during the month of August.
The Mega Millions record of $1.602 billion was won in Florida on Aug. 8, 2023.
There were a total of 1,025,239 winning tickets for the Aug. 23 drawing. Two tickets won the game’s second-tier prize: $3 million in Tennessee and $1 million in Texas. Across the country, 26 tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. Five of those are worth $30,000 each because they also included the optional Megaplier; the other 21 take home the standard $10,000 each.
The jackpot has been growing since it was last won at $552 million in Illinois on June 4. In the 23 drawings in this jackpot run to date, there have been more than 14.8 million winning tickets across all non-jackpot prize tiers. These include 45 second-tier prizes of $1 million or more, won in 21 different jurisdictions from coast to coast: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has produced six jackpots greater than $1 billion.
Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tickets are $2 each; in most jurisdictions, players can add the Megaplier for an additional $1 to multiply their non-jackpot prizes.
Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Crystal Graham
