Mega Millions jackpot grows to $940M
If you take the cash option, that's just over $483 million.
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If you take the cash option, that's just over $483 million.
The cash option would be approximately $348 million before taxes.
You still have a chance to ring in the new year as a millionaire.
You still have a chance to ring in the new year as a millionaire.
The last time a Mega Millions jackpot was won was Oct. 14, when holders of two tickets sold in California and Florida shared a $502 million pot of gold.
Not only is it the second-highest jackpot for the game this year, but it's also the sixth in the game's history, according to the Illinois Lottery.
The prize is the third largest lottery win in U.S. history.
The winning ticket for the second largest jackpot in lottery history was sold in Illinois according to the Illinois Lottery website.
Lottery fever is real across the Chicago area with the massive Mega Millions jackpot – and a convenience store in Huntley has had lines out the door. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Lottery fever is real across the Chicago area with the massive Mega Millions jackpot – and a convenience store in Huntley has had lines out the door.
Of course the actual odds of winning aren't good, about 1 in 302 million.
The estimated $747.2 million cash value would be the second largest prize in the game's history, according to Mega Millions.
One single lottery ticket won the entire $1 billion jackpot in Friday night's Mega Millions. It was sold in Michigan.
The leaders of Mega Millions, the other national lottery game, haven't said if they will make similar changes to that game. Both games are run by state lotteries.
Illinois has surgically focused on casinos and marijuana lately, but it may just be the 46-year-old Illinois Lottery in need of a check-up.
Some thought the winner was so overwhelmed at seeing the winning numbers pop up that he or she died on the spot. Others speculated that the winning ticket had been purchased by an office pool and was now the subject of litigation.
Iowa Lottery officials say 73-year-old Bob Hollenback, of Milan, Illinois, bought the ticket at a Hy-Vee gas station in Davenport.
Are you feeling lucky? The winning numbers for the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history will be picked tonight. The $1.6 billion Mega Millions drawing is at 10 p.m.
In 2013, a group of Indiana hairstylists sued their coworker after that coworker claimed she had purchased a $9.5-million-winning ticket with her own money -- not the pool's money.
The Mega Millions jackpot is currently $1.6 billion--or $905 million in a history making lump sum payment.
The next Mega Millions jackpot will be $1.6 billion, making it the largest lottery jackpot in history.
When the jackpot grows so large, "it creates this sense of community. It creates this sense of camaraderie. I also think that it creates a potential sense of regret to not be the one playing."
Mega Millions has reached its largest jackpot ever, and the Illinois Lottery is celebrating by giving away hundreds of free tickets.
The drawing is tonight for the $970 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
The winner of the $548 million jackpot would have a cash option of $309 million.
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