$347 million jackpot up for grabs in Tuesday’s drawing

January 17, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:03 AM

The Mega Millions jackpot continues to roll to higher levels in 2022, offering a chance in Tuesday’s drawing to win a $347 million jackpot.

The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing drawing after drawing since October. A winner in North Carolina could take home the jackpot as an annuity paying out the $347 million over 29 years or choose instead to take home $239.4 million in cash.

While the jackpot grows, other big prizes have been won in North Carolina.

In Friday’s drawing, someone who bought a ticket at Ingles Market on U.S. 25 North in Hendersonville won $20,000 and someone who bought a ticket at the Fast Mart on South Eugene Street in Greensboro won $10,000.

Earlier, in the New Year’s Eve Mega Millions drawing, someone who bought a ticket in Lewisville won a $1 million prize. The $1 million prize remains unclaimed.

Congratulations to those lucky Mega Million winners. Good luck to everyone trying to win that $347 million jackpot. We would love to congratulate a jackpot winner in North Carolina on Wednesday morning.

The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2. North Carolinians can buy tickets for the 11 p.m. drawing at any lottery retail location in the state until 10:45 p.m. Tuesday night. Tickets can also be purchased through Online Play on the lottery’s website, www.nclottery.com, and with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App until 10:43 p.m.

11 COMMENTS

1/20/2022 02:19 - Jason R.

Good luck yall

1/20/2022 12:01 - William D.

OK, just seems to be slow on somethings and fast on others. just got to figure out which way to do things now. Mmmmmmm

1/20/2022 11:47 - William D.

Talked too soon. the pending points on the drop down menu is still gone but in the point history it came back. Points don't add up right. only notice my points ended in a 4, got 6 plus 2 should have ended in 2 or 7, but i end up with a 1??? take a while for my points to add up for some reason. Not worried about points, i have more than i use anyway, But now i just wondering am i really in all these drawings???

1/20/2022 11:32 - William D.

points history is the problem. today notice they made my 6 points pending since October, they said they could not see, finally went away but did i get my points? Don't know. not reaching out again. Thanks anyway...

1/20/2022 08:12 - Roger K.

Looks like I got to play 3 dollars again on Friday for the MM. Didn't win on Tuesday, so I'm going to play it again. Maybe Friday drawing will bring me luck. Good luck everyone.NC Lottery
Wishing you luck, Roger!

1/18/2022 04:04 - William D.

seems like it gets harder to do things on the site. Try to see what is in my history and first it shows up BLANK. Know things happen so i waited a week and still. Have to do all sorts of things for it to show??????? Very disappointed. and the list Grows...NC Lottery
Hi there, William! Are you trying to check your transaction history? If you are experiencing technical difficulties, please reach out to our Online Support team at https://nclottery.com/Help and a member of our team can look into this for you.

1/18/2022 01:14 - donna b.

how do you know if you win or who won, is it really for real????NC Lottery
Hi Donna! You'll know if you won by checking the numbers on your tickets and seeing if they match the numbers drawn in the drawing. You can read more about how to play here: https://nclottery.com/MegaMillionsHow. Hope this helps!

1/18/2022 11:42 - Roger K.

Wow! What a win that would be, so I think it will be wise for me to get a MM ticket for tonight's drawing. 3 dollars and a chance to win 239.4 millions will be more than enough to live comfortably the rest of my life. Good luck everyone. Hoping to be the first big winner in Richmond county tonight.

1/18/2022 08:20 - Darlene E.

What will I do with all this money??? Got 3 QP an all have the same Mega Ball # which is one of my favorites anyway.Listen out for a loud SCREAM!! Good Luck to All the players!!!

1/18/2022 03:04 - shirley b.

NCEL NC lottery has too many repeats.

1/17/2022 12:05 - Javier M.

God bless, congratulations.

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$347 million jackpot up for grabs in Tuesday’s drawing

January 17, 2022 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:03 AM

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