The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot has soared to an estimated $900 million after there was no massive winner within the newest drawing.
About $843 million was up for grabs in Friday evening’s drawing – the eighth largest jackpot within the historical past of the sport.
The subsequent drawing is on Tuesday. It is going to have a money choice of $415.3 million.
The successful numbers for Friday’s drawing have been: 48, 70, 23,21, 16 and the Mega ball is 5
Friday’s drawing was the thirty eighth for the reason that jackpot was final gained in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak with no jackpot winner for the reason that sport started in 2002, in line with an announcement from Mega Hundreds of thousands.
The earlier document of 37 drawings was set Jan. 22, 2021, when a $1.050 billion jackpot was gained in Michigan, officers stated.
“Whereas the jackpot stays elusive, the variety of winners — and complete prizes gained — continues to develop,” lottery officers stated. “Via this jackpot run to this point, there have been virtually 11.7 million successful tickets in any respect ranges, with complete prizes exceeding $274 million due to vital enhancements within the lower-tier prizes after the sport modified final April.”
There have additionally been 256 third-tier successful tickets thus far on this run, starting from $20,000 to $100,000, Mega Hundreds of thousands officers stated.
Earlier than the June 27 Virginia jackpot win at $348 million, different jackpots awarded this 12 months have been in Ohio, with $112 million gained on April 18, Illinois, with $349 million gained on March 25 and Arizona, the place $112 million was gained on Jan. 17.
Though no one gained the jackpot this week, lottery officers stated there’s nonetheless loads of cash to be gained with different prizes.
“Within the Nov. 4 drawing alone, there have been 606,046 successful tickets throughout all prize tiers, for complete nationwide winnings of greater than $12.2 million,” officers stated.
The chances of successful the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336, in line with Mega Hundreds of thousands.
Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 for one play and the biggest Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot prize ever gained was a $1.6 billion prize gained on Aug. 8, 2023.
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