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$940 million Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs

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The Mega Millions jackpot surged to $940 million for Friday night's drawing. There have been 28 consecutive drawings without jackpot winners. The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $940 million ahead of Friday night's drawing. The prize has a cash value of $472.5 million , offered as a one-time, lump-sum payment. Alternately, the winnings can be paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments. A Mega Millions wagering slip is held in Cranberry Township, Pa., Jan. 12, 2023. Gene J. Puskar/AP, FILE Friday's drawing is at 11 p.m. This is Mega Millions' fifth-largest jackpot ever. The largest prize was $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in October 2018. There have been 28 consecutive drawings without jackpot winners. The last jackpot was won on April 18. MORE: Winning ticket for $1 billion Powerball jackpot sold in California One ticket from Texas won $4 million and another ticket in Maryland won $1 million on Tuesday night, according to Mega Mil...

$900 million Powerball jackpot expected for Monday night's drawing

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The Powerball jackpot is estimated to grow to $900 million for Monday night's drawing, becoming the third-largest Powerball jackpot in history, the lottery said. The Powerball jackpot is expected to grow to an estimated $900 million for Monday night's drawing , a sum that would be the third-largest Powerball jackpot in History , the lottery said. The estimated cash payout would be about $465.1 million . A Mega Millions and Powerball lottery billboard is shown along a Los Angeles in Commerce, California, U.S., July 13, 2023. Mike Blake/Reuters The was no Powerball jackpot winner in Saturday night's $875 million drawing , Powerball said Sunday. MORE: Powerball jackpot reaches $875 million, 3rd largest prize There have been 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot, Powerball officials said in a press release. The most recent jackpot winner was in the April 19, 2023, drawing, which had a grand prize worth $252.6 million, the lottery said. The $900 million jackpot trail...

Mega Millions starts new year with estimated $785 million jackpot

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The Mega Millions jackpot stands at an estimated $785 million ahead of Tuesday night's drawing. The first Mega Millions game of the new year is among its largest, with an estimated $785 million jackpot ahead of Tuesday night's drawing. It's the fourth-largest jackpot in the lottery game's 20-plus-year history and the sixth-largest jackpot in U.S. history. MORE: What comes next for the lucky Mega Millions winners who become wealthy overnight? The estimated $785 million prize can be paid with annual checks over 29 years or in a lump cash sum for an estimated $395 million. The Mega Millions jackpot has continued to balloon over the past two-and-a-half months, with 22 drawings since the jackpot was last won on Oct. 14. A person holds a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 30, 2022. Ross D. Franklin/AP "On only three previous occasions has the Mega Millions jackpot gone beyond $700 million , and all three times those rolls continued on past $1 bi...

Mega Millions jackpot surges to $1.35 billion

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Mega Millions jackpot prize surges to $1.35 billion, the second-largest prize in the game's history. The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $1.35 billion for Friday's drawing, the second-largest in the Game 's History . The only Mega Millions jackpot larger than Friday's prize is the $1.537 billion prize won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018. The prize is also now the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Last November's $2.04 billion prize, taken by a single winner in California, is the largest in U.S. history. MORE: What you should do next if you win a huge lottery prize? The lump sum cash option payout for Friday's drawing is $707.9 million -- before taxes. Tuesday night's winning numbers were 7, 13, 14, 15 and 18 and the Mega Ball number was 9. A customer at the Cranberry Super Mini Mart shows her Mega Millions ticket, Jan. 12, 2023, in Cranberry, Pa. Gene J. Puskar/AP The most recent Mega Millions jackpot win was at $502 million, sh...