Mega Millions 3/5/24 winning numbers for $650 million jackpot

WASHINGTON — The winning numbers were drawn Tuesday night for the $650 million Mega Millions jackpot. 

The numbers were 2-49-50-61-70, Mega Ball: 14 and Megaplier 2. 

It was not immediately known whether anyone had correctly matched all six numbers to win the grand prize.  

Mega Millions hasn’t seen a grand prize winner since December 8, 2023, when two tickets shared a $394 million jackpot.

Last year was a big year for massive lottery jackpots, with two Mega Millions jackpots and one Powerball jackpot worth over $1 billion. While Tuesday’s $650 million jackpot doesn’t even crack the top ten largest U.S. lottery jackpots, it was the seventh-largest prize in Mega Millions history. 

Winners almost always take the cash option, but they do have a choice to instead get the full amount in regular payments over 29 years. The cash value of Tuesday’s jackpot was $308.6 million. 

The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302,575,350.

The numbers were 2-49-50-61-70, Mega Ball: 14 and Megaplier 2. 

Mega Millions drawings take place on Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time.

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
2. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, August 8, 2023 (one ticket, from Florida)
3. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
4. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
5. $1.348 billion Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket, from Maine)
6. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
7. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023 (one ticket, from California)
8. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
9. $842.4 million, Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024 (one ticket, from Michigan)
10. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.