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The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. This means the estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history.
“We know that many people will likely receive tickets for Friday's drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift it would be if you ended up getting a ticket worth $1.15 billion,” Joshua Johnston, lead director of the Mega Millions consortium, said in a statement. Statement on Wednesday.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, while the odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24, according to lottery officials.
Tickets for the game are sold in 45 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., and the US Virgin Islands, and cost $2. Half of the proceeds from the sale of each ticket stays in the state in which the ticket was sold. Drawings are held at 11pm ET on Tuesdays and Fridays.
