<body><div><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/187-start-here-29111890/?embed=true&amp;keyid=EditorialPlayer" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=20wA15_0kYlRYj100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20wA15_0kYlRYj100" width="650" height="365" ><figcaption><cite> Photo: Getty Images </cite></figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> A single ticket sold in Massachusetts won the $31 million Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday (January 31), exactly one week after a player from the same state won the exact same amount and set a new Mega Millions record. Last Tuesday (January 25), another player from Massachusetts won the $31 million lottery, which marked the first time ever that the jackpot had been won three times during the month of January, according to <a href="https://www.megamillions.com/News/2023/Historic-January-for-Mega-Millions%C2%AE-Jackpots.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> MegaMillions.com </a> . The Mega Millions jackpot had already reset three times this month after one player in Maine won the estimated <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-01-13-fridays-mega-millions-jackpot-will-be-worth-135-billion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> $1.35 billion drawing </a> on January 14 and another player in New York won the following $20 million drawing on January 17. Results from Tuesday's Mega Millions game are listed below: <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> NUMBERS: 7-9-18-29-39 GOLD BALL: 13 MEGAPLIER: 4x The January 14 Mega Millions drawing was the second-highest in the game's history and offered the fourth-largest jackpot in the U.S. lottery history. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are reported to be 1 in 302.5 million, according to <a href="https://www.megamillions.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> MegaMillions.com </a> . The Mega Millions jackpot has exceeded the billion mark four times in its existence. In October 2018, a ticket was sold in South Carolina winning $1.537 billion ($878 million cash value), which is the world's largest jackpot for a single ticket and the largest cash value for a single ticket. <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-01-23-mega-millions-winner-heres-who-won-the-1-billion-jackpot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Mega Millions </a> and <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-01-21-powerball-winner-heres-who-won-the-7311-million-jackpot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Powerball </a> games offered a combined jackpot of more than $1.7 billion in 2021. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Mega Millions' jackpot reached $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $776.6 million on Friday, January 22, 2021, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-01-23-mega-millions-winner-heres-who-won-the-1-billion-jackpot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> before a player in Michigan </a> matched all six numbers. The jackpot was the second largest cash value ticket in lottery history. Powerball's jackpot reached $731.1 million, with a cash option worth $546.8 million on Wednesday, January 20 2021, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-01-21-powerball-winner-heres-who-won-the-7311-million-jackpot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> before a player in Maryland </a> matched all six numbers. The jackpot was the third largest cash value for a single ticket in lottery history and the fourth largest in Powerball history. Both jackpots increase during each following game until there's a winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions "gold ball" or Powerball in each respective game. </div></body>

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Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing was worth an estimated $31 million.