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Mega Millions
View winning numbers$130M jackpot
Advertised annuity$130M
Stored cash value$55.5M
Cash share42.7%
Place in history#659
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This jackpot’s story
How this drawing fits the jackpot’s history
What does $130M actually mean?
- The million-a-year allowance
Paying yourself $1 million a year would last about 130.0 years—an allowance that may finally cover the premium snacks.
- Carpet made of money
Placed flat without overlaps, the $100 bills would cover about 144,674 square feet—luxurious flooring with terrible durability.
- Private-jet patience test
At $12,000 each, it could buy about 10,833 private flight hours—security lines are replaced by entirely new logistical problems.
- You still could not buy certainty
If every Mega Millions ticket used a different combination, $130 million would cover about 9.0% of the 290,472,336 possible combinations. Random picks can duplicate, so reality may be even less cooperative.
- Dinner reservations for generations
At $30 each, it could buy about 4,333,333 restaurant meals—the reservation name eventually becomes a hereditary title.
How these comparisons are calculated
WTN uses fixed formulas and rounded editorial benchmarks. Variable-price assumptions were reviewed August 20, 2026. They are examples—not quotes, tax estimates, purchasing advice, or investment promises. Read the methodology.
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- Latest stored jackpot
- $130M Tue, Aug 25, 2026
- WTN stored-history record
- $1.6B Tue, Oct 23, 2018
- Current growth run
- 8 draws Drawings since the most recent stored reset
- All-history resets
- 127 Decreases between consecutive stored jackpots
The stories behind the record
Four ways this jackpot history stands out.
The largest stored Mega Millions advertised jackpot was attached to the Tuesday, October 23, 2018 drawing.
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It ran from Tuesday, July 1, 2025 through Friday, November 14, 2025 before the next stored reset.
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The advertised amount moved from $1B to $1.6B.
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The stored advertised jackpot reset on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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Timeline
1 year across 105 drawings
Advertised annuityCash value
Tue, Aug 26, 2025 through Tue, Aug 25, 2026. Red-ring markers show stored decreases that begin a new jackpot run. The complete record calculations above do not change when the timeline range changes.
Complete stored-history rankings
The ten largest Mega Millions jackpots in WTN’s record.
#1
$1.6B
#2
$1.58B
#3
$1.35B
- #4 · $1.35B
- #5 · $1.28B
- #6 · $1.22B
- #7 · $1.13B
- #8 · $1.1B
- #9 · $1.1B
- #10 · $1B
Cash versus annuity
Cash values averaged 61.5% of advertised jackpots.
The stored share ranged from 42.4% on Fri, Aug 7, 2026 to 82.1% on Tue, Apr 21, 2020. The relationship changes with interest rates and the cost of funding the annuity.
Understand the payment optionsRecent jackpot history
| Drawing | Advertised annuity | Cash value | Cash share |
|---|---|---|---|
| $130M | $55.5M | 42.7% | |
| $113M | $48.3M | 42.7% | |
| $100M | $42.8M | 42.8% | |
| $90M | $38.7M | 43.0% | |
| $80M | $34.4M | 43.0% | |
| $70M | $29.7M | 42.4% | |
| $60M | $25.5M | 42.5% | |
| $50M | $21.5M | 43.0% | |
| $800M | $344.2M | 43.0% | |
| $743M | $323.4M | 43.5% | |
| $707M | $307.7M | 43.5% | |
| $672M | $293.3M | 43.6% | |
| $637M | $278M | 43.6% | |
| $604M | $266.3M | 44.1% | |
| $576M | $253.9M | 44.1% | |
| $542M | $242M | 44.6% | |
| $511M | $231M | 45.2% | |
| $489M | $220.9M | 45.2% | |
| $467M | $211M | 45.2% | |
| $452M | $201M | 44.5% |
Coverage and source
1728 normalized jackpot facts.
This analysis covers stored Mega Millions jackpot facts from Tue, Feb 2, 2010 through Tue, Aug 25, 2026. Rejected facts and void drawings are excluded; missing values are never treated as zero.
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