$1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket sold in Florida

One lucky player in Florida matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had stretched for nearly four months.

Lottery officials announced that the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday night will have a top prize of an estimated $1.58 billion, making it the largest jackpot the lottery has ever awarded. Tuesday’s drawing had a cash option of $783.3 million, according to Mega Millions.

The jackpot has been on the rise since spring, when a $20 million prize was won in Syracuse, New York, on April 18. Five other Mega Millions jackpots have been won this year, including a $1.348 billion haul in January, which at the time was the second-largest prize in the lottery game’s history.

Here are the winning numbers for Tuesday night’s drawing.

Mega Millions winning numbers for August 8

The winning numbers from Tuesday’s drawing were 32, 19, 13, 33 and 20. The Mega Ball was 14 and the Megaplier was 2X.

How to play Mega Millions

Tickets to Mega Millions cost $2 per play. There are nine total ways to win a prize.

To play, pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. You can choose Easy Pick or Quick Pick to have the terminal randomly pick numbers for you. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in the drawing.

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What is the Megaplier?

Most states offer the Megaplier feature, which increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four and five times.

It costs an additional $1 per play. Before each regular Mega Millions drawing, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with “2X,” three with “4X” and one with “5X.”