Mega Millions jackpot hits $970 million for today’s drawing. Here’s the place that ranks in lottery heritage,
UPDATE: Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $1B because of to brisk ticket revenue ahead of today’s drawing
The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot truly worth an approximated $970 million for Friday’s drawing would be the 3rd-largest U.S. lottery prize if a person matches all the numbers.
The funds alternative for the 10:59 p.m. Mega Thousands and thousands drawing is valued at $716.3 million however the jackpot may increase greater in advance of the drawing if ticket sales throughout the county are powerful adequate. The jackpot soared to $970 million soon after no one particular won Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing.
These are the biggest successful lottery jackpots in U.S. background and where the upcoming Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing will rank if a successful ticket is bought.Len Melisurgo | NJ Progress Media for NJ.com
Only 1 Mega Millions drawing has produced a larger jackpot winner — a South Carolina ticket hit the $1.537 billion Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot in October 2018. It’s the major jackpot gained by a solitary ticket.
The biggest U.S. lottery jackpot — a $1.586 billion Powerball prize in January 2016 was split between a few ticket holders. The fortunate tickets were being offered in California, Florida and Tennessee.
30-six Mega Hundreds of thousands drawings have been held due to the fact Adrian Tongson of Racine, Wisconsin hit the $120 million jackpot on Sept. 15. He chose the hard cash selection and won $95.4 million just before taxes.
Each Mega Millions and Powerball had been on a operate without having a winner for months right up until a Powerball ticket sold in Maryland strike Wednesday’s $731.1 million Powerball jackpot.
Two Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpots were being hit in New Jersey in 2020. An anonymous winner claimed the $202 million prize received on Feb. 11 with a ticket offered in Edison and a $124 million ticket was purchased in Bayonne for the July 24 drawing.
Mega Thousands and thousands tickets cost $2 every single and in New Jersey will have to be acquired by 10:45 p.m. on the night of the drawing. The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot by matching five figures and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. Gamers have a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to acquire the second prize of at the very least $1 million by matching five numbers.
The activity is played in 45 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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