Mega Millions nears $1 billion: When is the following drawing? | EUROtoday

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After no one hit the fortunate string of numbers Friday night time, the jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery has soared to an estimated $900 million forward of Tuesday’s drawing.

No ticket matched all six numbers in Friday’s draw, which permits the prize to climb even larger. The successful numbers from Friday’s drawing had been 16‑21‑23‑48‑70, with Mega Ball 5.

The $900 million jackpot equates to a money worth of about $415.3 million if a winner opts for the lump sum slightly than the annuity. That is, after all, earlier than any taxes are paid.

The total odds of successful any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 23, whereas the chances of capturing the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336.

Tuesday’s drawing marks the thirty eighth time for the reason that $348 million jackpot was final gained in Virginia on June 27 that it has rolled over.

The nameless ticket holder from Burgess, Virginia, opted for a $155.6 million money payout and informed lottery officers that they deliberate to purchase a zero-radius using garden mower.

The $900 million prize stands because the eighth‑largest Mega Millions jackpot for the reason that recreation started in 2002, and solely the third time it has climbed to no less than $900 million, for the reason that present document jackpot of $1.602 billion was reached in August 2023.

That winner, who bought the ticket at a Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach, Florida, got here ahead in September 2023. The prize was claimed by means of an LLC named Saltines Holdings, LLC, which opted for the lump‑sum money cost of roughly $794.25 million.

By claiming the prize by means of an LLC registered in Delaware, a state that allows nameless possession, the winner was capable of keep away from having their identify publicly disclosed.

Florida regulation permits lottery winners to stay nameless quickly, however after 90 days, names are typically launched.

Tickets for Mega Millions price $5 every and might embrace a randomly assigned “multiplier” which might improve non‑jackpot winnings by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x. The recreation is on the market in 45 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.