Mega Millions Numbers for Aug 23, 2016 - Live Results for $69 Million Jackpot Drawing, Schedule
The Mega Millions Jackpot for Tues, Aug 23 is $69 Million
Update – August 23, 2016 – 11:00 p.m. ET: The winning numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot are 2, 7, 46, 61, 66 and the megaball is 1. The multiplier is 2x.
The Mega Millions jackpot prize for Aug 23, 2016, Tuesday drawing has bumped up to $69 million with a cash option of $47 million.
This means that no one won the jackpot prize of $61 million in the last drawing which was Aug. 19, 2016, Friday. The winning numbers were 22, 37, 45, 65, 73. The gold ball was 13 and the Megaplier was 5x. The drawing will be done at 11PM ET.
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Mega Millions Jackpot Aug. 19, Friday Drawing Recap
No one was able to match the five white balls and the yellow ball in the last Mega Millions drawing last week. There were a total of 19 winners who matched four white balls and the yellow ball. Each of them won $5,000 each, but missed the chance to raise their winnings to $25,000 because they did not opt for the Megaplier.
More than 200 people matched four white balls and among them, 29 people played with the Megaplier option. The prize amount for matching the four white balls is only $500, but with the Megaplier 5X, some won $2,500, according to the official Mega Millions website.
How Mega Millions is Drawn
The Mega Millions drawings happen on a bi-weekly basis at every Tuesday and Friday night at 11PM. Five white balls are selected from a pit of numbered balls through 1 to 75. A yellow ball is also drawn from a pit of numbered balls from 1 to 15. The Mega Millions jackpot prize is won by matching all five white balls and the yellow ball.
There are 9 ways to win in Mega Millions, some of which are for minor prizes. The highest prize is the jackpot and the lowest prize in Mega Millions is $1. The second prize amounts to $1 million and this is won when you match four white balls and the yellow ball. You can also raise the prize if you opt to play with the Megaplier option. Depending on what the Megaplier number is, players can have the chance to multiply their winnings by as much as 5x.
Other minor prizes are: $500 which can be won by matching four white balls, $50 can be won by matching three white balls and the yellow Mega Millions ball. The rest of the minor prizes have amounts lower than $10. All minor prizes have the chance to be multiplied if player opted for the Megaplier option in the Mega Millions drawing.
