The numbers that made new Mega Millions winners rich

Here is the winning combination of this Friday, February 24 draw organized by Mega Millionsone of the major lotteries in the United States that awards millions of dollars in prizes.

You do not need to be a US citizen or resident to enter the Mega Millions drawonly legal age in the jurisdiction where the ticket is purchased is required to participate.

Draw date: February 24

Winning combination: 2 22 49 65 67 7

multiple: 4

To play Mega Millions, you must choose six numbersthe first five must be between 1 and 70, without repetition, the sixth digit must be between 1 and 25.

If you can’t decide which combination to choose, you can let Mega Millions choose randomly for you.

To win the Mega Millions jackpot, the pick must match each of the six numbers in the draw. However, you can win from the first draw. The more numbers you get, the higher your prize will be.

Mega Millions prizes range from two dollars to several million dollars.

The prize for each game of Mega Millions is two dollars, which you get back by hitting just one of the six numbers in the draw.

Mega Millions began on August 31, 1996 under the name “Great Game”. The first draw took place on September 6, 1996, and only six states participated.

At first the raffles only took place on Fridays, it was not until 1998 that they also began to take place on Tuesdays. The following year, New Jersey became the seventh member state, followed by Ohio, Washington, New York and California.

In 2002, the game changed its name from Big Game to Mega Millions, and in 2010 all 45 US states entered the draw, along with the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

On March 30, 2012, Mega Millions made history with the biggest jackpot in the world in any game to date: $656 million. The jackpot was divided into three parts.

This lottery industry record stood for nearly four years until it was eclipsed, first, by a Powerball Grand Prize of $1.586 billion in January 2016 and then November 8, 2022 where the same Powerball delivered $2.40 billion.

Mega Millions joined the billion dollar club awarded on October 23, 2018.