The New Year's Eve 12/31/21 Mega Millions jackpot is worth $221 million, with a cash-value option worth $159.6 million.
The final Mega Millions jackpot of the year on 12/31/21 is $221 million, and the drawing will be held at 11 p.m. ET tonight, an hour before the ball drops on New Year's Eve.
Friday night's 12/31/21 Mega Millions jackpot is worth $221 million, with a cash-value option worth $159.6 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. There was no grand prize winner on Tuesday, nor was there a ticket sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game's second prize of $1 million.
Mega Millions and Powerball tickets sold in Texas during January 2020. Neither of the tickets were winners, and the jackpot kept soaring for each game in the new year.10/22/2021 — $108 million 02/16/2021 — $96 million The previous winning ticket before that was sold in Wisconsin on 09/15/20 for a jackpot worth $119 million. That was only the fifth, and final, Mega Millions jackpot won in the 2020 calendar year.