Mega Millions jackpot leaps to estimated $1.25 billion
The pot of gold soared after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.1 billion grand prize.
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The pot of gold soared after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.1 billion grand prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown even larger, with no winning tickets drawn Friday night, ballooning the total to $1.05 billion.
Already one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $940 million ahead of Friday night's draw, California Lottery officials announced.
There have been no Mega Millions jackpot winners since April 18.
There was no jackpot winner in the lottery game's latest drawing Friday night, sending the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million for the next drawing, which will be held on Tuesday.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.58 million.
Los Angeles County has another billionaire Powerball winner — the second in eight months.
There has been no Mega Millions jackpot winner since April 18.
After Monday's drawing ended without a winner, the Powerball jackpot rose to an estimated $1 billion, the third-largest prize in the game's history.
It would be the third-largest jackpot in the game's history and seventh-highest in U.S. lottery history.
The last time somebody won the Powerball jackpot was back on April 19, when a ticket purchased in Ohio matched all six numbers to bring home a $252.6 million prize.
There was no jackpot winner in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing according to the lottery's website, prompting another drawing scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. PT.
She plans on buying a house and investing the rest of her money.
Putting his eggs in one basket proved fruitful for one Virginia man who purchased not one, but 20 winning lottery tickets with the same numbers.
The jackpot would be the ninth-largest in U.S. lottery history.
The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $526 million for tomorrow's drawing after no one won yesterday's drawings.
The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.
The winning numbers of the $1.1 billion jackpot are 07, 13, 14, 15, 18, 09. We're waiting to hear if the winner has come forward.
This marks the fifth largest lottery jackpot ever and the third largest in Mega Millions history.
Shop and gas station owners selling the tickets also have a chance at a big-figure bonus.
She took home the biggest prize possible in the game as several others in the state won millions from their own scratch-offs.
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.
Officials say it is the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in 2022, surpassing the $502 million jackpot claimed in October.
Office manager Lori Janes said everyone at the event was "going insane" when the winning ticket was revealed.
The winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas station on Fulton Avenue. Winners have up to six months to claim the prize.
