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4th Largest Mega Millions Jackpot Ever for Tuesday’s Drawing
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The prize for the first drawing of the new year is currently estimated at $785 million ($395.0 million cash).
On only three previous occasions has the Mega Millions jackpot gone beyond $700 million, and all three times those rolls continued on past $1 billion.
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The top Mega Millions jackpots to date:
Amount | Date | Winning Tickets |
$1.537 billion | 10/23/2018 | 1-SC |
$1.337 billion | 7/29/2022 | 1-IL |
$1.050 billion | 1/22/2021 | 1-MI |
$785 million (est) | 1/3/2023 | ? |
$656 million | 3/30/2012 | 3-IL, KS, MD |
$648 million | 12/17/2013 | 2-CA, GA |
$543 million | 7/24/2018 | 1-CA |
$536 million | 7/8/2016 | 1-IN |
$533 million | 3/30/2018 | 1-NJ |
$522 million | 6/7/2019 | 1-CA |
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