Florida Player Snags $4M as Mega Millions Jackpot Explodes Past Half a Billion

Florida‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ Player Snags $4M as Mega Millions Jackpot Explodes Past Half a Billion

The jackpot is on in a big way at the moment, and the heat is rising pretty rapidly. Mega Millions lotto event on Friday evening was a really impressive one: two players each won a cool million, while the main jackpot was again not won and getting larger and larger, eventually going beyond half a billion dollars.

Although the last Friday’s lotto was not a doorway to become a billionaire, it definitely was able to enhance the financial situations of the people who got lucky. Two persons were awarded the game’s secondary prize as they matched all the 5 white balls. With the 4X Megaplier, the Florida winner scored a really handsome sum of $4 million, whereas the other player, by using the 2X, doubled his regular prize, hence walking away with $2 million.

The winning numbers in the last Mega Millions lotto event were 8, 19, 26, 38, and 42, while the Mega Ball was 24. Since no one was lucky enough to match all six numbers, the jackpot kept its upward trend. As on that same evening, the prize at the top was $496 million — with a cash lump sum of $232.6 million.

Though the millionaires were the focus of attention, many other lottery enthusiasts were celebrating their wins. There were as many as nine more fortunate players who had the four white numbers matched plus the Mega Ball. Their earnings, depending on the multiplier of their choice, varied from as low as $20,000 to as much as $100,000. Definitely, that can be considered a decent consolation prize, right?

Speaking of the next Mega Millions event, Tuesday will be the day and the jackpot amount has risen to a whopping $533 million. For players, the cash option now amounts to $244.2 million which is enough to make one’s travel plans world-wide and that’s tempting many players all over the country to try their luck.

On the other hand, Powerball has also been in the news for a very good reason, the game’s mighty jackpot was spectacularly won by nobody else but a lucky individual from Arkansas who took home the staggering amount of $251 million last week. The one who won has the option to either take the entire amount by emphasizing the annual payments or the one-time payout of the equivalent of $118 million.

Continuing a streak of luck, an Illinois FastPlay player recently won the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot worth almost $1.7 million.