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Mega Millions $800 M jackpot claim and follow-up draws

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Mega Millions $800 M jackpot claim and follow‑up follow-up draws

The Mega Millions jackpot that lingered at $800 million for four months was finally won on July 28, 2026 2026, by a single ticket sold in Bradenton, Florida. The winning numbers were 34‑48‑49‑59‑70 34-48-49-59-70 with Mega Ball 12, ending a 37‑38‑drawing 37-38-drawing streak without a jackpot winner. The ticket was purchased at a Wawa convenience store at 14510 State Road 70 E. Under Florida law law, the winner’s identity will remain confidential for 90 days. The prize can be taken as a 30‑year 30-year annuity or a lump‑sum lump-sum cash option of $344.2 million before taxes; after the mandatory 24 % 24% federal withholding withholding, the cash payout would be about $261.6 million, with no state tax in Florida. The jackpot ranks as the tenth‑largest tenth-largest in Mega Millions history and among the top twenty U.S. lottery jackpots. Second‑tier Second-tier prizes were confirmed: a $3 million ticket sold at the Corner Market in Buffalo, New York, a $5 million ticket sold in Illinois, and a $30 000 $30,000 prize in Louisiana after a 3× 3x multiplier. In the days following the win, the Action Network released an analysis of number frequencies in the current Mega Millions game, frequencies, identifying the number 10 as the “luckiest” based on hit‑rate, hit-rate, followed by 17, 31, and 3. The July 31 analysis reiterated this finding. Earlier in the run‑up, the June 23 draw produced 63‑66‑60‑51‑48 with Mega Ball 20, and the July 21 draw yielded 25‑37‑59‑68‑70 and Mega Ball 10, leaving the jackpot at roughly $743 million. A July 24 draw again failed to hit the $800 million prize, with numbers 2‑5‑42‑44‑60 and a gold Mega Ball 1. After Following the July 28 victory, major win, the next Mega Millions drawing on August 4 drawing awarded a $60 million jackpot (14‑21‑51‑55‑65, (14-21-51-55-65, Mega Ball 21). After a drawing on August 21 produced no top-prize winner (numbers 1-25-34-48-57, Mega Ball 24), the jackpot rose to $130 million, with a cash option of $55.5 million.

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  1. 2026-08-25 08:38 UTC Mega Millions $800 M jackpot claim and follow-up draws
  2. 2026-08-05 04:05 UTC Mega Millions $800 M jackpot claim and follow‑up draws
  3. 2026-08-01 23:14 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot claimed
  4. 2026-07-30 09:31 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot claimed
  5. 2026-07-29 19:23 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot claimed
  6. 2026-07-29 18:55 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot claimed
  7. 2026-07-29 18:34 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot claimed
  8. 2026-07-29 18:21 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot finally claimed
  9. 2026-07-28 11:20 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot remains unclaimed
  10. 2026-07-26 12:13 UTC Mega Millions $800 million jackpot hits 10th‑largest prize

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