Mega Millions Drawing For $1.28 Billion Prize Tuesday Could Be Bigger

Mega Millions Drawing

Mega Millions Drawing For $1.28 Billion Prize Tuesday Could Be Bigger.It was unclear whether anyone had a winning ticket for Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing for an estimated $1.28 billion prize. If no one had, Tuesday’s could be the lottery’s biggest ever.

The grand prize passed $1 billion this week for the third time in the game’s 20-year history, generating massive interest across the country. The lump-sum payout for Friday’s jackpot was estimated to be $747.2 million, according to Mega Millions.

The winning numbers were 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and a Mega Ball of 14, and the Mega Millions website was inaccessible because of a “high volume of traffic” shortly after the 11 p.m. drawing.

                                                           

Mega Millions Drawing For $1.28 Billion Prize Tuesday Could Be Bigger.If nobody hit all six numbers, the $1.28 billion prize will roll into a larger one that could reach a record $1.7 billion, according Mega Millions announcer John Crow. That drawing is scheduled for Tuesday night.

“We are thrilled with the opportunity Mega Millions provides to retailers, players and good causes throughout the country,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, who leads the Mega Millions consortium, said in a news release before Friday’s drawing.

 “The Mega Millions group, and indeed much of the country, look with anticipation for tonight’s drawing.”

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Where can I watch Mega Millions draw ?

The live drawing can be viewed on news stations across the country. Viewing the drawing depends on the television provider, but the website Lottery Universe lists a few channels where the event can be watched live. Mega Millions also posts video of the drawing to its YouTube page, but not until after the drawing is complete.

How is the Mega Millions jackpot at $1.28 billion?

The amount reached near-record status late this week because 29 consecutive draws came and went without a winner matching all six numbers. The last winner came from a ticket sold in Tennessee during the April 15 drawing, which featured a jackpot of $20 million.Mega Millions Drawing For $1.28 Billion Prize Tuesday Could Be Bigger.

While one player in California matched five numbers on Tuesday, the person did not match the Mega number. That player fell short of the $830 million jackpot but still took home $2.9 million for matching five numbers, according to the California Lottery.

What’s the largest Mega Millions drawing ever?

In October 2018, the biggest single-ticket prize in Mega Millions’ history, $1.537 billion, was drawn by a player in South Carolina. The lump-sum payout for that winner was $878 million, CBS News reported. That winner has remained anonymous.

This week’s jackpot surpassed last year’s $1.05 billion Mega Millions prize, which was won by a single ticket shared by four members of a suburban Detroit lottery club. Like the South Carolina player, the Michigan group has remained anonymous.

                                                           

How have past lottery winners spent the money?

Big-money winners of lotteries past have spent their bounties on homes, paid off debts and helped their communities. But the good fortunes of some have turned into bad luck for others, whose wealth would lead them to ruin.

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Where can I buy a Mega Millions ticket?

Mega Millions is played in 45 states plus D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The tickets cost $2 each and can be bought before the 11 p.m. drawing. The individual state lotteries listed on the Mega Millions website show prospective players where they can purchase their tickets.

The only states where people can’t play Mega Millions are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

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How likely is it to win Mega Millions?

The odds of winning Mega Millions are roughly 1 in 303 million.

In fact, The Post reported this week that a person is 70 times more likely to be killed by a shark than to take this week’s potential windfall. If that’s not enough, a person is at least 216 times more likely to be struck by lightning this year than win the Mega Millions jackpot.

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The more people play Mega Millions, the higher the chance that someone will win, Mark Glickman, a senior lecturer on statistics at Harvard University, told The Post this week.

“Once the pot gets up to this range, there are enough people playing that odds are someone is going to pick the right number,” Glickman said.

McDonald, the Mega Millions leader, agreed: “Someone is going to win.”

Bonnie Berkowitz and Shelly Tan contributed to this report.