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See the full story · 6 sourcesMega Millions Florida ticket wins $800M Mega Millions jackpot; Powerball still up for grabs By 6abc Digital Staff Wednesday, July 29, 2026 4:16PM A single ticket sold in Florida won last night's Mega Millions drawing, worth $800 million! WPVI One big jackpot was struck Tuesday night but another still remains.
A single ticket sold in Florida won last night's Mega Millions drawing, worth $800 million!
If you want to check your ticket to see how close you came, here are the winning numbers: 34, 48, 49, 59, 70, with Mega Ball 12.
The $800 million prize was the 10th highest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
Another big drawing is Wednesday night with the Powerball jackpot up to $663 million. The cash value of the jackpot is $290.4 million.
The United Kingdom started taking part in Powerball drawings just last week.
The largest Powerball payout was just over $2 billion (about 1.5 billion pounds) from a ticket bought in 2022 in California. EuroMillions, a lottery offered across nine European countries and also operated in the U.K. by Allwyn, awarded the maximum 250 million euros (about $285 million) to players from France, Ireland and Austria over the course of 2025.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are a minuscule 1 in 292.2 million. Those odds will be the same for U.S. and U.K. players, lottery officials say.
U.S. lottery officials say the expanded player base will allow Powerball jackpots to grow more quickly, likely increasing sales as more people are drawn to larger grand prizes.
Tickets purchased in the U.K. will only go toward the Powerball jackpot - not lower-tier prizes. Players in the U.K. will have a different lower-tier prize structure.
The estimated jackpot amounts in each country will differ due to currency conversion rates and because the U.S. advertises prize amounts pretax, unlike in the U.K.
U.K. Powerball jackpots will also be paid over 30 years, whereas in the U.S. jackpot winners have a choice between taking their winnings spread over years through an annuity or in cash - nearly all winners opt for cash.
Powerball is played in 45 U.S. states, and Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In the game, players choose five white-ball numbers from 1 to 69 and one red Powerball number from 1 to 26. Drawings will continue to be held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
You can check the winning numbers on Action News at 11 p.m.
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