The U.S. Mega Millions jackpot increases to an estimated $875 million following Friday’s drawing without a winner.
Written by Faris Tanyos
Last updated by CBS News on March 16, 2024 at 12:49 AM EDT
Following Friday night’s drawing that produced no winner, the Mega Millions jackpot has increased to at least $875 million.
With a Mega Ball of six, the winning numbers for Friday’s $815 million jackpot were 13, 25, 50, 51, and 66.
Tuesday night is when the next drawing will take place. Since December 8, there hasn’t been a jackpot winner.
With five winners who each had a fortune over one billion dollars, Friday’s prize would have been the sixth greatest in the history of the game.
The option to choose between an annuity, which comprises of yearly payments spread over 30 years, or a one-time lump sum payout of around $385 million in cash before taxes would have been available to any single winning ticket in Friday’s jackpot.
The annuity option for Friday’s jackpot would have, on average, resulted in 30 payments of almost $27 million year before taxes, according to lottery analysis website USAMega.com.
A single winning ticket for a $1.6 billion jackpot—the highest in Mega Millions history and the third-largest in lottery history—was sold in Neptune, Florida, in August of last year.
A winning ticket purchased close to Los Angeles in February 2023 secured the greatest Powerball prize in lottery history, $2.04 billion.
There is around a one in 302.58 million chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot.
Every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern time, there are Mega Millions draws. For two dollars apiece, tickets may be purchased in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.