The Mega Millions prize has risen again to $1.35 billion after the lottery’s latest giant jackpot was not won. The numbers drawn on Tuesday night were: 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and the golden Mega Ball 9. The new jackpot Friday night drawing will be another milestone for the game, Mega Millions said in a statement earlier Wednesday. “Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot has advanced to become the second-highest Mega Millions jackpot in history,” Pat MacDonald, Ohio Lottery director and lead director of the Mega Millions Association, said in a statement. Mega Millions said Billion Dollars. America’s biggest jackpot to date was won by a $2.04 billion Powerball ticket in California in November. The $1.35 billion jackpot estimated in the next drawing will be distributed only to the winner who chooses an annuity paid out over 29 years. Nearly all of the grand prize winners were in Friday night’s drawing of an estimated $707.9 million, with players continuing to buy tickets as the size of the grand prize increases. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands.
The Mega Millions prize has risen again to $1.35 billion after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot.
The numbers drawn on Tuesday night were: 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and the golden Mega Ball 9.
Friday night’s new jackpot drawing will be another milestone for the game, Mega Millions said in a statement early Wednesday.
“Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot moves forward and makes history as the second-highest Mega Millions jackpot,” Pat MacDonald, director of the Ohio Lottery and lead director of the Mega Millions Association, said in a statement.
The only Mega Millions jackpot bigger than Silver’s prize was the $1.53 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, MegaMillions said.
The largest US jackpot to date is the $2.04 billion Powerball won by a ticket in California in November.
The $1.35 billion jackpot estimated in the next drawing will be distributed only to the winner who chooses an annuity paid out over 29 years. Almost all of the grand prize winners choose to take home an estimated $707.9 million in cash for Friday night’s drawing.
There have been 25 drawings in three months since the last time a player matched all six numbers and won the jackpot.
Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to buy tickets as the jackpot increases in size.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands.
