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Mega Millions’ jackpot edged closer to the billion-dollar mark after its latest drawing brought no grand-prize winner.
The lottery said Tuesday night’s drawing didn’t have any players with tickets matching all of the numbers, pushing the jackpot to an annuitized $825 million. As a one-time cash payout, it amounts to $382.2 million.
The jackpot is poised to become Mega Millions’ fourth grand-prize win of 2024 if someone lands it before the end of the year, according to the lottery.
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The three jackpot wins that Mega Millions has seen so far this year occurred in mid-September, early June and late March. They were worth $810 million, $552 million and $1.128 billion, respectively.
Mega Millions’ jackpot edged closer to the billion-dollar mark after its latest drawing brought no grand-prize winner. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The $1.128 billion grand prize, won in March and still unclaimed, is the lottery’s largest of the year so far and its only one to break 10-figures in 2024 to date, according to Mega Millions.
The jackpot is poised to become Mega Millions’ fourth grand-prize win of 2024 if someone lands it before the end of the year, according to the lottery. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The currently up-for-grabs $825 million jackpot « would be the largest prize ever won in December and the seventh largest in Mega Millions history » in the event someone matches all six numbers this month, Mega Millions said.
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Drawings conducted since September, when the Mega Millions jackpot was most recently won, have produced a multitude of lower-level lottery winners. Fifty-one people have scored windfalls of at least $1 million, and others have received smaller sums, the lottery reported.
Drawings conducted since September, when the Mega Millions jackpot was most recently won, have produced a multitude of lower-level lottery winners. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Mega Millions plans to conduct its next drawing for the $825 million grand prize on Friday evening. The chances of landing the nine-figure jackpot are 1 in about 302.6 million.
Fellow lottery Powerball also has a jackpot rolling, though it is currently considerably smaller than Mega Millions’.
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The jackpot for Powerball hovered around $69 million ahead of its Wednesday night drawing. Its cash value was $32.2 million, according to that lottery.
