Win Mega Millions Tuesday Night And You Can Handle Our Typewriter Bill

Well, we’re a day late, but we here at Lottery Geeks — where we do all our work on those new-fangled computer machines — had quite the shindig Monday.

Why? Because June 23 is National Typewriter Day, silly!

Oh, we love the typewriter. Remember the typewriter? If you’re above the age of … well, let’s just say if you’re old, you definitely remember the typewriter.

What a glorious machine! You could do so much with it, like type. And if yu mde a mstakee, youhadto start all over agin@!

We bring this up today because North America accounts for a little more than 25% of all typewriter sales, and the worldwide market is north of $1.2 billion annually. That means the continent we reside on spends about $326 million, give or take, on typewriters and typewriter-adjacent stuff each year.

And that number just so happens to match the estimated jackpot for Mega Millions Tuesday night. What a wrld world!

At any rate, nobody won last Friday — numbers 26, 49, 58, 61, 63, and a gold Mega Ball of 9.

There were, however, three Match Five winners, from Georgia, New Jersey, and Washington. The Megapliers came in at 2x for the Georgia winner, 3x for the Washington winner, and 4x for the New Jersey winner. So one of them won $2 million, one $3 million, and one $4 million. Not too shabby.

Lottery Geeks estimates 7.1 million tickets were sold for Friday’s draw, the most in the $5 era of Mega Millions. Tuesday’s drawing will be the 19th since the last time the jackpot was claimed.

Don’t sleep on Powerball

Nobody won Powerball Monday night, thus pushing Wednesday’s jackpot to $140 million.

The numbers Monday — 5, 25, 42, 44, 65, and a red Powerball of 20 — yielded no new millionaires as no one matched all five white balls.

This was the 10th drawing since the last time someone hit the jackpot.

Lottery Geeks estimates 6.8 million tickets were sold for Monday’s drawing.

Tickets for Mega Millions cost $5, while Powerball tickets cost $2, with most states offering the multiplier option for Powerball — which impacts any prize won except the jackpot — for an additional $1. Mega Millions comes with an automatic multiplier for any prize except the jackpot.

Both Powerball and Mega Millions are legal in all states except Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. Tickets for both draw games are also sold in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Puerto Rico, customers can buy tickets for Powerball, but not for Mega Millions.

All-time biggest jackpots

Here is a list of the all-time top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022, won in California
2. $1.76 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, won in California
3. $1.6 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, won in Florida
4. $1.59 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee
5. $1.54 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, won in South Carolina
6. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, won in Maine
7. $1.34 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, won in Illinois
8. $1.33 billion, Powerball, April 6, 2024, won in Oregon
9. $1.22 billion, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, won in California
10. $1.13 billion, Mega Millions, March 26, 2024, won in New Jersey

And here’s the all-time top 10 by lump-sum cash value:

1. $997.6 million, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022, won in California
2. $983.5 million, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee
3. $877.8 million, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, won in South Carolina
4. $794.2 million, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, won in Florida
5. $780.5 million, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, won in Illinois
6. $776.6 million, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, won in Michigan
7. $774.1 million, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, won in California
8. $723.5 million, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, won in Maine
9. $621 million, Powerball, April 6, 2024, won in Oregon
10. $571.9 million, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, won in California