“Big Money” Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In New York

It was a lucky night for a couple of Mega Millions players in New York State.

The New York State Lottery announced that there were two "Big Money" winning Mega Millions tickets sold in New York from Tuesday's drawing.

Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Megaball and won the 3rd place prize of $10,000.

Here were Tuesday's winning Mega Millions number: 18-31-33-64-68 with a Megaball of 17.

No one claimed the grand prize so the jackpot for Friday's drawing is now up to $387 million dollars.

If someone in New York were to win that jackpot, they would take one home of the largest lottery jackpots ever won by a New York Resident.

Here is a look at the largest lottery jackpots ever won by New York residents.

6. $202 Million Dollars

A group of players who played under an LLC named 1937 Flatbush Ave Dodgers LLC won the Powerball prize on June 1st, 2011.

5.$208 Million Dollars

Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.

4. $319 Million Dollars

Seven co-workers from Albany pulled their money and had the winning ticket for the Mega Millions. They took home $319 million dollars in 2011.

3. $326 Million Dollars

Harold Diamond held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in New York for seven years. He took home the Mega Millions jackpot in 2014.

2. $432 Million Dollars

This winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in September of 2021. The NY Lottery does not know who owns the tickets.

1. $476 Million Dollars

Johnnie Taylor took home the jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing in April of 2023.

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