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The Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot continues setting data, now providing the eighth-largest jackpot within the sport’s historical past.
“The estimated jackpot for the following drawing on Tuesday, November 11, is a whopping $900 million ($415.3 million money),” Mega Thousands and thousands stated in a media launch on Saturday.
Because it marches in direction of the $1 billion mark, it’s “solely the third time the jackpot has reached this degree for the reason that present sport document of $1.602 billion was gained in Florida on August 8, 2023.”
Over the last drawing on Friday, 688,058 successful tickets for non-jackpot prizes totaled greater than $13.8 million.
MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT JUMPS ABOVE $800 MILLION
A person holds Mega Thousands and thousands lottery tickets on July 29, 2022, in New York Metropolis. (John Smith/VIEWpress / Getty Photos)
The final large win for the sport, the place tickets price $5 every to play, was June 27 in Virginia.
Previous to June’s jackpot winner, different main payouts had been in Ohio in April, Illinois in March and Arizona in January.
MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT NOW AMONG TOP 10 HIGHEST IN CONTEST HISTORY
A buyer scans a Mega Thousands and thousands ticket to see if it’s a winner at Circle Okay, the place the newest successful Mega Thousands and thousands’ jackpot lottery ticket was bought, in Cottonwood, California, on Dec. 28, 2024. (Fred Greaves / Reuters)
The highest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot ever, $1.692 billion, was paid out in August 2023 to 1 successful ticket bought in Florida.
Individuals wait in line to buy their Mega Thousands and thousands lottery ticket from a liquor retailer the place successful tickets have been bought on Dec. 27, 2024, in Hawthorne, California. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP / Getty Photos)
Tickets are bought in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Most buy cutoffs are one to 2 hours previous to drawings, which happen at 11 p.m. Jap Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia.
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“The general odds of successful any Mega Thousands and thousands prize are 1 in 23; the percentages of successful the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336,” in response to Mega Thousands and thousands.
