Mega Millions Winning Numbers For Tuesday June 19: $175M Jackpot

The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $175 million after no one matched all six numbers in the Friday, June 15, drawing. If a player wins the jackpot on Tuesday, the winner will have an option to take a $105.1 million lump sum payout.

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday, June 19 are 11, 13, 28, 65, and 70, and the gold Mega Ball is 14. The Megaplier is 3.

The highest jackpot for Mega Millions was $656 million and won on March 30, 2012. Since then, jackpots of $648 million and $536 million were won in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

After a jackpot is won, it automatically resets to $40 million and grows with each lottery where there is not a winning jackpot ticket sold.

A single play costs $2. Players pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers – five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25 (the Mega Ball number). Players can also use an easy pick feature, where a computer selects random numbers for them. To win the jackpot, a player much match all six numbers.

The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million. No matter how many people play Mega Millions, the chances of winning never change. The chances of winning are based on the amount of number combinations, not the number of players buying tickets, say lottery officials.

Mega Millions is played in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings take place at 11 p.m. ET each Tuesday and Friday.

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