After yet another no-win ticket was sold, the Mega Millions jackpot has increased to an estimated $720 million.
It is currently one of two national lotteries with extremely high jackpots and equally high odds of winning.
The white balls 19, 22, 31, 37, 54, and the gold Mega Ball 18 did not appear on any ticket for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing.
According to a news release from the lottery, the new prize is Mega Millions’ fifth-highest.
The third-largest Powerball prize in terms of size is currently projected at $1 billion after Monday’s failure to produce a winner in the country’s other major lottery game.
The anticipated $720 million prize for Mega Millions’ upcoming drawing would only be given to a winner who selected an annuity payout over 29 years.
The anticipated $369.6 million cash reward for Friday night’s drawing is what almost all grand prize winners choose to accept.
On October 23, 2018, a player in South Carolina who wished to remain anonymous won the biggest Mega Millions prize, which was $1.537 billion.
Despite the game’s low likelihood of 1 in 302.6 million, participants keep buying tickets as the grand prize’s value increases.
On April 18, a Mega Millions player last won the grand prize. Along with Washington, D.C., and the United States, Mega Millions is played in 45 other states. Caribbean islands.
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