The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after a drawing without a winner extended a stretch of bad luck dating back to April
. California lottery officials haven't announced a winner for that jackpot, which was the sixth-largest in U.S. history.Jackpots in the two lottery games grow so large because theso unlikely, allowing the grand prize to roll over again and again. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.
The game pays out many more smaller prizes, which start at $2. The overall odds of winning any prize is 1 in 24. Two tickets for Tuesday’s drawing matched all five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize. One, sold in Texas, is worth $4 million because it included the optional Megaplier , which was 4X on Tuesday night. The other was sold in Maryland and wins the standard $1 million prize.
The $910 million pot on the line Friday night will be that high only if a sole player wins and they choose to be paid of one immediate payment and 29 annual allotments. But jackpot winners nearly always take the cash in a lump sum, which for Friday night's drawing would be an estimated $464.2 million.Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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