Mega Millions winning numbers 3/21/23

WASHINGTON – After a historic string of jackpot wins earlier this year, the Mega Millions prize is on the rise again.

Tuesday’s drawing offers a whopping $272 million with a $143.9 million cash option. Players must combine all five white balls and the golden Mega Ball to win the grand prize.

The winning numbers for March 21 were 1-21-25-27-40, Megaball 11.

In January, the Mega Millions jackpot was won a total of four times, including a $1.34 billion prize won in Maine. The month set a record for the lottery game that had I’ve never seen four wins in a single month.

The odds of winning the game are 1 in 302.6 million.

Lucky winners can choose a pension with annual payments over 29 years. Winners almost always go for the cash option, which would be estimated at $143.9 million for Tuesday night’s drawing.

If there is a winner for Tuesday’s drawing, the jackpot for Friday’s drawing will reset to $20 million. Without a winner, the price will keep rising.

• $2.04 billion, Powerball, November 8, 2022 (one ticket from California)
• $1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
• $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018 (one ticket from South Carolina)
• $1.35 billion Mega Millions, January 13, 2023 (one ticket, from Maine)
• $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
• $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, January 22, 2021 (one ticket from Michigan)
• $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket from Wisconsin)
• $758.7 million, Powerball, August 23, 2017 (one ticket from Massachusetts)
• $731.1 million, Powerball, January 20, 2021 (one ticket from Maryland)
• $699.8 million, Powerball, October 4, 2021 (one ticket from California)