No profitable tickets have been offered for Tuesday evening’s $785 million Mega Millions jackpot so Friday evening’s grand prize will probably be close to the billion greenback mark at an estimated $940 million, Mega Millions says. And that quantity might develop if sufficient tickets are bought.
Tuesday’s profitable numbers have been 25, 29, 33, 41 and 44, and Mega Ball 18.
Friday’s jackpot could be the fourth greatest in Mega Millions historical past.
The final time somebody received a Mega Millions pot of gold greater than $1 billion was July 29, in Illinois — a $1.337 billion prize.
“In more than 20 years since the game began in 2002, there have been just three larger jackpots than Friday’s estimated prize,” Mega Millions says. “The Mega Millions record remains $1.537 billion, won by a single ticket in South Carolina on October 23, 2018. Two years ago, a $1.05 billion prize was won in Michigan on January 22, 2021,” and July’s in Illinois.
There have been 23 drawings for the reason that jackpot was final received on October 14.
Last month, a single profitable Powerball ticket was offered in California for a $2.04 billion jackpot, the most important in lottery historical past.
The $940 million is what a winner who takes the annuity choice would get. That’s paid out over 30 annual installments. But winners often select the money choice, which for Friday’s drawing will probably be no less than an estimated $483.5 million.
Federal taxes are taken out and, relying on the place the winner lives, state taxes are, as effectively.
And jackpots are cut up when multiple profitable ticket is offered.
The odds of profitable the Mega Millions jackpot are a gargantuan one-in-302.6 million.
Mega Millions is performed in 45 states in addition to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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