The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot jumped to almost a billion {dollars} for the eighth time within the recreation’s historical past after nobody gained the drawing on Tuesday evening.
The following drawing is scheduled for Friday, in response to a Mega Hundreds of thousands information launch. The estimated jackpot is $965 million, or $445.3 million if the winner takes a lump sum in money.
No ticket matched all six numbers from Tuesday evening’s drawing — white balls 10, 13, 40, 42 and 46, and the gold Mega Ball 1.
Friday’s drawing is the eighth-largest jackpot for the reason that recreation started in 2002, in response to the discharge. Seven billion-dollar jackpots have been awarded up to now; the newest was the $1.269 billion prize gained in California in Dec. 2024.
In Tuesday’s drawing, there have been 809,030 successful tickets throughout all prizes, for a complete of greater than $27.9 million in winnings nationwide. Three tickets matched the 5 white balls to win the second-highest prize of $1 million. One ticket bought in Arizona had the 5X multiplier for a $5-million prize. Two different tickets, bought in Iowa and New York, had the 3X multiplier for the $3-million prize.
Twenty-seven tickets matched 4 white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the sport’s third-highest prize.
4 Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpots had been gained earlier this 12 months, and Friday’s drawing would be the fortieth for the reason that final win in June.
The chances of successful the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336. The chances of successful any Mega Hundreds of thousands prize are 1 in 23.
