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One lucky player walked away with $515 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing
Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2021 01:06 AM
Massachusetts Mega Millions News and Payout for Friday, May 21st, 2021 Drawing
A single lucky winner in matched all six numbers in the Friday drawing and won the $515 million grand prize. The numbers from Friday night, May 21st, 2021 were 06, 09, 17, 18, 48 and the Mega Ball was 08, Megaplier was 3. The jackpot winner will now have to determine to either take the 26 equal annual payments with annual payment in the amount of $19.81 million before taxes, or the one time cash option in the amount of $346.3 million before tax withholding. The jackpot winner is encouraged to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to select the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Along with the grand prize won on Friday, May 21st, 2021, Mega Millions created many more happy winners walked away with huge pile of cash. There were a total of 53 third prize winning tickets. These included 53 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
In addition, 1254 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $150. There were 3313 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $150.
With nine prize levels, there were a total of 3,983,678 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, May 21st, 2021 drawing.
The new Massachusetts Mega Millions drawing, Tuesday night, will feature a jackpot of $20 million with cash option $13.5 million.
Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. It holds the record highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions game uses a 5/75+1/46 system from which winning numbers are chosen. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $12 million. Its annuity option is paid in 26 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one time lump sum cash payout instead.
Fri May 21, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $515,000,000 | 1 | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 53 | 4 of 5 | $500 | 1,254 | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 3,313 | 3 of 5 | $10 | 78,031 | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 67,333 | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 472,806 | Megaball Only | $2 | 1,079,958 |
Fri May 21, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of Massachusetts | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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