TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The estimated Mega Millions jackpot rose again Friday night to $785 million after a drawing with no winner.
The winning numbers were 1,3,6,44,51, and 7.
While nobody managed to get the jackpot, a ticketholder in Ohio managed to win the Match 5, winning a $1 million prize.
According to the Mega Millions website, this is the fourth time the Mega Millions jackpot rose past $700 million. In every previous instance, the jackpot continued to rise past $1 billion.
The highest jackpot ever won in a Mega Millions drawing happened on Oct. 23, 2018, when a South Carolina resident won a prize of $1.537 billion.
This past July, a winner in Illinois won a jackpot of $1.337 billion from a Mega Millions drawing, the third-highest in the game’s history. As it stands, the current prize up for grabs could be the fourth-highest if a winner is found in the next drawing.
Here are the rankings of the largest prizes to date:
Amount | Date | Winning Tickets |
$1.537 billion | 10/23/2018 | 1-SC |
$1.337 billion | 7/29/2022 | 1-IL |
$1.050 billion | 1/22/2021 | 1-MI |
$785 million (est) | 1/3/2023 | ? |
$656 million | 3/30/2012 | 3-IL, KS, MD |
$648 million | 12/17/2013 | 2-CA, GA |
$543 million | 7/24/2018 | 1-CA |
$536 million | 7/8/2016 | 1-IN |
$533 million | 3/30/2018 | 1-NJ |
$522 million | 6/7/2019 | 1-CA |
Florida also got some of the wealth after a ticketholder in Fort Myers was one of two jackpot winners for the $502 million prize on Oct. 24.
The next drawing will be held on Jan. 3, 2023.