Last night’s winning MEGA MILLIONS numbers for Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Last night’s winning MEGA MILLIONS numbers for the Tuesday, December 17, 2024, jackpot drawing are:
56 66 67 68 69
MEGA BALL: 18
Megaplier: 4X
No one matched all of last night’s MEGA MILLIONS numbers which means that the next jackpot for Friday, December 20, 2024, increased to $825 million ($382.2 million cash value).
Five tickets sold in California, Louisiana, and Oklahoma matched the five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize of $1 million.
One ticket in North Carolina is worth $4 million because it included the optional Megaplier for an extra $1.
Also in Tuesday night’s drawing, 55 tickets across the country matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. Seventeen of those are worth $40,000 each because they also included the optional Megaplier; the other 38 take home the standard $10,000 each.
MEGA MILLIONS Odds and Payout
The odds of winning the MEGA MILLIONS jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
MEGA MILLIONS jackpot prizes may be paid in 30 annual installments or a one-time, reduced lump-sum payment which jackpot winners may choose to receive instead of receiving their winnings in annual payments.
All MEGA MILLIONS prizes must be claimed in the state where the ticket was purchased. MEGA MILLIONS prizes must be claimed within 180 days after the winning drawing date.
