The Mega Millions jackpot reached a staggering $977 million for Friday night’s drawing because no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night.
The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday were 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and the Gold Mega Ball: 7.
The estimated jackpot was $893 million and the prize was $421.4 million.
The prize for Friday’s drawing is $461 million.
Four people each won $1 million in California, Texas, Virginia and Florida.
This is the sixth time in the game’s nearly 22-year history that the jackpot has reached this level. He has only five jackpots over $1 billion.
Mega Millions is the only lottery game with five jackpots of more than $1 billion, all in different states.
South Carolina was first in 2018, followed by Michigan in 2021, Illinois in 2022, Maine in early 2023 and Florida last August.
of The probability of winning the lottery jackpot is very low. The odds of a Mega Millions player winning the top prize are 1 in 302.6 million.
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 and are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
