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Mega Millions ticket holders hoping to hit the $1 billion jackpot are preparing for a blue Christmas.
No one matched all six numbers during Tuesday's drawing, as the lottery jackpot rose to $1.15 billion — the fifth-largest in the game's history.
Tuesday's winning numbers were 11, 14, 38, 45, 46, and Mega Ball 3.
Four players in California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wyoming matched five white balls for $1 million, but failed to land the coveted Golden Ball for the grand prize on Christmas Eve.
According to the lottery, more than 4.2 million ticket holders won prizes during the draw.
“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday's drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift it would be if you ended up with a ticket worth $1.15 billion,” said Mega Millions Consortium Lead Director Joshua Johnston. He said.
“I can't think of a better way to celebrate the holidays — whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the winter solstice, or any other way people choose to celebrate the season — than to help make the dreams come true that come with an award like this. And the prizes to be won It is available at all levels of the game.
Grand prize winners also have a chance to win a cash prize of approximately $516.1 million before the next drawing on Friday.
The amazing jackpot has grown since the lucky winner won in Texas He won a staggering $810 million prize In September.
Before Tuesday night's drawing, Patel, the Queens Deli worker, estimated he had sold more than 100 tickets on Christmas Eve.
“It's a lot — it's very crowded,” said the 22-year-old, who works part-time at Forest Deli in Ridgewood. mail.
“They want to win a billion dollars, of course. They say, like, 'I'll give it to charity,' and 'I'll give it to you,' too. I'm also excited for my clients. If my client wins, I'm happy.”
Friday's winner will be the seventh in the game's history when a jackpot worth more than $1 billion has been won.
Previous winners were South Carolina in October 2018 ($1.537 billion), Michigan in January 2021 ($1.050 billion), Illinois in July 2022 ($1.337 billion), Maine in January 2023 ($1.348 billion), and Florida in August 2023. ($1.602 billion), most recently in New Jersey in March 2024 ($1.128 billion).
It took a New Jersey winner Nine months to come forward and claim It is now the sixth largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
The anonymous winner — who will remain anonymous — presented the $1.128 billion golden ticket to begin the collection process, NBC New York reported Monday.
Tickets to play Mega Millions cost $2 with drawing available at 11pm on Tuesday and Friday in Atlanta, Georgia.
The chances of getting the $1 billion amount are one in 302,575,350.
