One gamer takes a $112 million jackpot

You Might
Also Like

Sponsored content
Published on Friday, January 24, 2025

Brought to you by The Lotter

It didn’t take long to produce the first Mega Millions® jackpot win of 2025!

Tickets for Mega Millions can be purchased on the lottery’s official website by U.S. residents.

International players can participate in Mega Millions and other global lotteries through The Lotter website, which allows individuals from any nationality to play.

The U.S. lottery jackpot was won in Arizona with a single ticket that matched all six winning numbers drawn on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

The white balls 8, 10, 37, 54 and 69, plus the gold Mega Ball 22 allow the winner to take the prize of $112 million or the $49.95 million cash option, announced Mega Millions Lottery company.

The winning ticket was sold at Winners Corner, 524 W. Broadway Rd. in Tempe, Ariz., U.S.A, they added.

In the January 17 drawing, there were 452,300 winning tickets across all prize tiers, in addition to the jackpot-winning ticket. These include six second-tier prizes of $1 million, won in Florida (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota and New Jersey.

Also, 13 tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the game’s third-tier prize. One is worth $30,000 because it included the optional Megaplier (available in most states with an extra $1 purchase), which was 3X Friday night. The other dozen third-tier winning tickets take home the standard $10,000 each.

The jackpot was reset to its current starting value of $20 million on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

The current drawing for this weekend is set for tonight, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The jackpot is estimated at $28 million, with a cash option of $12 million.

Drawing will be conducted as usual at the WSB-TV studio in Atlanta, Georgia, at 11 p.m. ET. Soon afterward, the draw video will be available on the Mega Millions website.

Mega Millions tickets cost about $2 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.

Players win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. Also, there are a total of nine ways to win a prize in this lottery, ranging from the jackpot down to $2.

Mega Millions jackpot winner will have the choice of a Cash Option or an Annual Payout. Annuity option: Provides for an initial annual payment followed by 29 annual payments.

The Powerball® drawing follows on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, with an estimated jackpot of $46 million or a cash option of $24 million.

Powerball tickets are also available for purchase by U.S. residents on the lottery’s official website.

International participants can play Powerball and other lotteries through The Lotter website.

No one hit all six numbers in the Wednesday, Jan. 22, drawing, which were 5, 6, 27, 40 and 49. The red Powerball 5, with a 2X Power Play multiplier.

Powerball drawings are broadcast live at 11 p.m. ET from the State of Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Drawings are also available on Powerball.com.

The jackpot grows until it is won. Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 ways to win. The jackpot is won by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball.

Powerball costs about $2 per play. To play, people should select five numbers between 1 and 69 for the white balls, then select one number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball. People can choose the numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick the numbers.

Jackpot winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment. Both advertised prize options are before federal and jurisdictional taxes.

---------
Lotto Direct Limited is operating TheLotter.com. Lotto Direct Limited is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority; License Reference MGA/B2C/402/2017. The Lotter is also licensed in Mexico under Representacions Móviles SA de CV, Colonia Juares, Ciudad de México, C.P. 06600. Gambling is allowed to 18+ only. It can be harmful if not controlled.

------------

The views or opinions expressed in this article are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinion of A.M. Costa Rica.