{"id":351159,"date":"2026-07-24T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351159\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:16:08","slug":"mega-millions-jackpot-climbs-to-743-million-winning-numbers-next-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351159\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $743 million: Winning numbers, next drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megamillions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mega Millions<\/a> jackpot has grown to an estimated $743 million after no one won the big prize on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The current jackpot, which is now the 10th-largest prize in the game&#8217;s history, has a cash option valued at $323.4 million.<\/p>\n<p> Winning Mega Million numbers: July 21, 2026  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday were 25, 37, 59, 68, 70 and a Mega Ball of 10.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Although no one won the jackpot, two tickets sold in California and Arizona matched five numbers for prizes worth $2 million (with the 2X multiplier) and $3 million (with the 3X multiplier), according to the Mega Millions website.<\/p>\n<p> When is the next Mega Millions drawing? <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The next drawing is scheduled for Friday, July 24.<\/p>\n<p> Mega Millions: How to play <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tickets cost $5 each and include a randomly assigned multiplier, multiplying the base prize levels by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 23; the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290 million, according to lottery officials.<\/p>\n<p> Top 10 largest Mega Million jackpots <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.602 billion \u2014 Aug. 8, 2023 &#8211; Florida<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.53 billion \u2014 Oct. 23, 2018 &#8211; South Carolina<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.35 billion \u2014 Jan. 13, 2023 &#8211; Maine<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.33 billion \u2014 July 29, 2022 &#8211; Illinois<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.26 billion \u2014 Dec. 27, 2024 &#8211; California<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.12 billion \u2014 March 26, 2024 &#8211; New Jersey<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$1.05 billion \u2014 Jan. 22, 2021 &#8211; Michigan<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$983 million \u2014 Nov. 14, 2025 &#8211; Georgia<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$810 million \u2014 Sept. 10, 2024 &#8211; Texas<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">$743 million \u2014 Current jackpot prize<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written with information released by Mega Millions and the Florida Lottery websites.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/lottery\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Lottery News: Powerball, Mega Millions, jackpots, winners<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $743 million after no one won&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,7059,115,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-351159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-lottery","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}