Winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 (2024)

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Winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday, February 27, 2024? ›

The winning numbers for Tuesday, Feb. 27 are 6, 18, 26, 27 and 49. The Mega Ball was 4, and the Megaplier was 3X.

The five most frequently drawn numbers since then are 10, 3, 17, 14, and 46, while the most frequent Mega Ball numbers have been 11, 22, 18, 24, and 13. Only Mega Ball 22 has not been drawn since early December.

You only need to match one number in Mega Millions to win a prize. However, that number must be the Mega Ball, worth $2.

Mega Millions winners for Feb. 27: While there was no grand prize winner, one player matched all five white balls drawn to win $1 million in the drawing. That ticket was sold in Florida.

The five most frequent numbers are 17, 31, 10, 46, and 20 — all five have been drawn at least once since the last Mega Millions jackpot was won in December.

The most frequently drawn winning numbers from the main barrel are 17, 7, 11, 2, 3 and 9, while the least frequently drawn are 33, 15, 34, 31, 26 and 1. The most frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 19 and 2, while the least frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 14 and 16.

Most people can only dream of winning the lottery, so it is crazy to hear of lucky folks who have hit jackpots not just once, but multiple times. Well Stefan Mandel is one of those people, winning a whopping 14 times, but for him, luck didn't have much to do with it.

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Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. To play, pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: either five different numbers from 1-70 for the white numbers, and one number from 1-25 for the gold Mega Ball. You win the Mega Millions jackpot by matching your numbers to all six numbers pulled in the drawing.

What happens if you get the Mega Ball number only? ›

Matching only the Mega Ball means a $2 win.

Matching two numbers won't win anything in Mega Millions unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Mega Ball is worth $4. Visit www.megamillions.com for a complete list of payout information.

The Megaplier doesn't change your odds of winning Mega Millions, so it's important to keep in mind that it won't guarantee you any prizes. However, if you do win a non-jackpot prize, the Megaplier can significantly upgrade that prize.

The last time someone won the game's top prize was on Dec. 8, 2023, when two winning tickets were sold at the same gas station in Los Angeles, splitting the $394 million prize. The $1.13 billion jackpot is for a winner who is paid through an annuity, with an initial payment and then 29 annual payments.

There was one jackpot-winning ticket that was sold in New Jersey's Monmouth County, lottery officials said. The $1.13 billion jackpot is the largest won in the state.

Megaplier®

Most states offer a Megaplier feature to increase non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times; it costs an additional $1 per play. Before each Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday and Friday nights, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with 2X, six with 3X, three with 4X and one with 5X.

Hot numbers are the numbers that are drawn most often in any given lottery in any given time frame.