Did you play Mega Millions for New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31, 2024) & buy a ticket at Publix in Parrish, Florida? It’s worth $1 million & expires in 6 months

Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Minnesota and New Jersey won $1 million, just missing the $20 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Dec. 31, the national Mega Millions site said.

A Publix store in Florida sold a Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million. The ticket was drawn on New Year's Eve. The winning numbers were 13, 22, 27, 29, 35 and megaball 1.

Mega Millions, Powerball closed out 2024 with 3 record-setting jackpots. There have been 12 times in history that the grand prizes reached $1 billion.

The biggest Florida Lottery winners in December - with tickets sold in the state - were two Mega Millions tickets worth $1 million each.

Powerball jumped to $163 million for Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, just before New Year’s Eve. Mega Millions was at $1.22 billion days earlier

A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in New Jersey for Tuesday’s lottery drawing as the jackpot went without a big winner on New Year’s Eve. The second-prize Mega Millions ticket matched five of the winning numbers but not the Mega Ball drawn. Second-prize tickets worth $1 million were also sold in Florida and Minnesota.

Several lucky Arizona lottery players won big in recent drawings, including two prizes worth $1 million or more on Triple Twist and Powerball games.

Two lottery players hit the jackpot on back-to-back nights, making for a lucky week in North Carolina. The players bought Carolina Cash 5 game tickets that matched all the numbers picked in the drawings on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day,