Mega Millions jackpot grows to $785 million
No ticket purchased for the lottery matched all six numbers drawn Friday night.
No ticket purchased for the lottery matched all six numbers drawn Friday night.
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.
If you bought a Mega Millions ticket back in July, you might want to check and make sure you're not leaving a huge prize on the table!
Someone in Dallas won a second-tier Mega Millions prize worth $2 million for the drawing on Oct. 7.
The grand prize was sold in Illinois, but North Texas saw a few winners too.
There was one winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought in Illinois, according to megamillions.com.
Many North Texans stopped by convenience stores to buy the $2 tickets in hopes of getting the top prize.
Many North Texans stopped by convenience stores to buy the $2 tickets in hopes of getting the top prize.
The game's expected payout climbed past the $1 billion mark after its last drawing, on Tuesday. The next drawing is Friday at 11 p.m. EDT.
It would be the fifth biggest prize in Mega Millions history.
If won during the next drawing on Tuesday, it would be the eighth largest on record.
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A Mansfield resident claimed a second-tier Mega Millions prize worth $1 million for the Nov. 30 drawing.
The winner, who elected to remain anonymous, bought the ticket at Walmart Neighborhood Market at 2951 Matlock Road in Mansfield.
With a new month comes new money for a person in Ferris who recently claimed a second-tier Mega Millions prize worth $1 million.
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The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner.
Lottery players have another chance to win big this week since there were no winners of the top prize for both the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots in their most recent drawings.
And the pot continues to grow... lottery players in Texas and across the country will have another shot Friday night at one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
In terms of lottery jackpots there's a kind of perfect storm brewing -- both the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries have more than $400 million, respectively, up for grabs.
A Dallas resident has claimed a $1 million prize from the Texas Lottery's Mega Millions drawing.
There are probably some tax bracket adjustments being made for one Texan who is now a millionaire after a Mega Millions lottery win.
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