Like every Friday, Mega Millions held its drawing, Here is the winning combination of award for this June 28.
It is worth mentioning that The time you have to claim your prize varies by jurisdiction, state rules and regulations., the period can be from 90 days to one year, from the date of the draw. To find out the maximum period to claim the prize, consult the lottery in the entity where the ticket was purchased.
It is not required to be a citizen or resident of the United States To participate in the Mega Millions lottery, you only need to be of legal age in the jurisdiction where you purchase your ticket to play.
Draw date: June 28th
Winning numbers: 28 31 33 42 66 24
Multiple: 3
Mega Millions holds two drawings a weekon Tuesdays and Fridays, where you have the opportunity to win several million dollars.
To play Mega Millions you must choose six numbersthe first five must be between 1 and 70, without repeating, the sixth number must be one between 1 and 25.
If you can’t decide which number to pick, you can let Mega Millions randomly select it for you.
To get the Mega Millions jackpot, the choice must match each of the six numbers in the draw. However, You can win from the first drawThe more numbers you get, the bigger your prize will be.
Mega Millions prizes range from two dollars to several million dollars.
The price for each Mega Millions play is two dollars, which you recover by hitting even one of the six numbers in the drawing.
If you win the jackpot, Mega Millions has two options to collect it: the first is in cash, make a single payment of the total amount obtained in your draw; the second is through An annuity, which provides one payment followed by annual payments for 29 years.each payment is 5% greater than the previous one.
Mega Millions began on August 31, 1996 under the name “The Big Game.” The first drawing was held on September 6, 1996, and only six states participated.
Initially, drawings were held only on Fridays, but it was not until 1998 that they began to be held on Tuesdays as well. The following year, New Jersey became the seventh member state, followed by Ohio, Washington, New York and California.
In 2002, the game changed its name from the Big Game to Mega Millions and in 2010 all 45 states of the United States were part of the drawing, as well as the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
On March 30, 2012, Mega Millions made history with the largest jackpot in the world for any game to date: $656 million. The jackpot was divided into three parts.
That lottery industry record stood for nearly four years until it was eclipsed, first, by a Powerball jackpot of 1,586 billion dollars in January 2016 and then on November 8, 2022 when the same Powerball delivered 2,400 million dollars.
The largest prize awarded in Mega Millions history It was worth 1.602 billion dollars and was taken by a person from Florida in August 2023.
A few months earlier, in January of the same year, this lottery awarded another of the largest prizes: 1,348 million dollars, to a lucky man from Maine.
The last big prize awarded by Mega Millions came in March 2024 when a person from New Jersey won $1.28 million.
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