The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot is now the eighth largest within the historical past of the sport with an estimated $843 million up for grabs in Friday evening’s drawing, officers mentioned.
Friday’s drawing at 11 p.m. would be the thirty eighth for the reason that jackpot was final received in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak and not using a jackpot winner for the reason that sport started in 2002, based on a press release from Mega Hundreds of thousands.
The earlier document of 37 drawings was set Jan. 22, 2021, when a $1.050 billion jackpot was received in Michigan, officers mentioned.
“Whereas the jackpot stays elusive, the variety of winners — and whole prizes received — continues to develop,” lottery officers mentioned. “By this jackpot run to this point, there have been nearly 11.7 million profitable tickets in any respect ranges, with whole prizes exceeding $274 million because of important enhancements within the lower-tier prizes after the sport modified final April.”
There have additionally been 256 third-tier profitable tickets to date on this run, starting from $20,000 to $100,000, Mega Hundreds of thousands officers mentioned.
On this Aug. 8, 2023, file photograph, lottery tickets for the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot are seen in a retailer in New York.
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Earlier than the June 27 Virginia jackpot win at $348 million, different jackpots awarded this yr had been in Ohio, with $112 million received on April 18, Illinois, with $349 million received on March 25 and Arizona, the place $112 million was received on Jan. 17.
Despite the fact that no person received the jackpot on Tuesday, lottery officers mentioned there may be nonetheless loads of cash to be received with different prizes.
“Within the Nov. 4 drawing alone, there have been 606,046 profitable tickets throughout all prize tiers, for whole nationwide winnings of greater than $12.2 million,” officers mentioned.
The chances of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336, based on 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 received was a $1.6 billion prize received on Aug. 8, 2023.
