Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Is today your lucky day?
Here are the Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, July 5, 2022:
27 - 31 - 50 - 51 - 61 and Megaball 21
Megaplier was 4x
The jackpot was an estimated $370 million with a cash option of $213.3 million, according to the Mega Millions website.
Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. You can play the game in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot is at $35 million with a cash option of $20.3 million for Wednesday's drawing, according to the Powerball website. A Vermont lottery player recently won a $366.7 million Powerball jackpot.
Until recently, lottery winners in New Jersey were required to be identified, but now winners will be able to stay anonymous under a new law that was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.
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Top Mega Millions jackpots
- $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018: Won in South Carolina
- $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021: Won in Michigan
- $656 million, March 30, 2012: Three winners in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- $648 million, Dec. 17, 2013: Two winners in California, Georgia
- $543 million, July 24, 2018: Won in California
- $536 million, July 8, 20116: Won in Indiana
- $533 million: March 30, 2018: Won in New Jersey
- $522 million: June 7, 2019: Won in California
- $515 million: May 21, 2021: Won in Pennsylvania
- $451 million, Jan. 5, 2018: Won in Florida