Mega Millions prizes
The MegaMillions has made some of it's winners not only millionaires but Billionaires! It is almost unfathomable how life changing buying a ticket for this lottery could actually be
The largest Mega Millions jackpot, $1.537 billion, was won on October 23rd, 2018 by one ticket, sold in South Carolina. This prize, the largest for one set of numbers in world history, was the second largest lottery payout, behind Powerball's $1.586 billion jackpot won on January 13, 2016 by multiple tickets.
The Jackpot was claimed anonymously in March 2019.
The complete top ten ranking wins of all time!
Rank |
Jackpot Amount |
Location of winner |
Number of Winners |
Date |
1 |
$1.537 Billion |
South Carolina |
1 |
23rd October 2018 |
2 |
$656 Million |
Maryland, Illinois and Kansas |
3 |
30th March 2012 |
3 |
$648 Million |
Georgia, California |
2 |
17th December 2013 |
4 |
$543 Million |
California |
1 |
24th July 2018 |
5 |
$540 Million |
Indiana |
1 |
8th July 2016 |
6 |
$533 Million |
New Jersey |
1 |
30th March 2018 |
7 |
$450 Million |
Florida |
1 |
5th January 2018 |
8 |
$425 Million |
New York |
1 |
1st January 2019 |
9 |
$414 Million |
Florida, Maryland |
2 |
18th March 2018 |
10 |
$410 Million |
Arizona |
1 |
9th June 2020 |
OnePoundLotto.com's prize structure
Jackpot Structure
Prize tier |
Odds of winning |
Average individual prize |
|---|---|---|
1 (5 main numbers+ Megaball) |
1 in 302,575,350 |
£36, 865, 800 |
2 (5 main numbers) |
1 in 12,607,306 |
£680, 000 |
3 (4 main numbers + Megaball) |
1 in 931,001 |
£7,000 |
4 (4 main numbers) |
1 in 38,792 |
£350 |
5 (3 main numbers+ Megaball)
|
1 in 14,547 |
£140 |
Prizes on the MegaMillions main draw are paid out from 3 main numbers+ Megaball upwards, as above.