SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Mega Millions website crashed following Tuesday night’s drawing, but not before the winning numbers were announced.
Tuesday’s jackpot of $830 million is the fourth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Interest skyrocketed as it continued to climb.
The Texas Lottery Commission reported $19,936 in sales per minute by 9:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Mega Millions site crashes after drawing Tuesday (Source: KTAL/KMSS staff)
Following the drawing, the site crashed for several hours. Visitors were met with Error 1016, an Origin DNS error, or Error 524, meaning the amount of traffic on the site caused it to crash. It came back online around 12:15 a.m.
The numbers are 7, 29, 60, 63, and 66, with a Mega Ball of 15. The Megaplier is 3.
An anonymous winner in South Carolina holds the current record for the largest jackpot in U.S. history. In October 2018, they won a whopping $1.537 billion dollars.
The odds of winning Tuesday’s drawing are 1 in 302.5 million.
