DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An additional Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing, an additional night time with out a huge winner.
No one hit all 6 numbers and gained the estimated $940 million jackpot, pushing the lottery prize to an estimated $1.1 billion ahead of the upcoming drawing Tuesday evening.
The prize is now the 3rd-major in U.S. history.
The figures drawn late Friday had been: 3, 20, 46, 59, 63 and gold Mega Ball 13.
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There have been 24 drawings devoid of a jackpot winner, stretching again for extra than two months. The winless streak is mostly owing to the game’s extensive odds of 1 in 302.6 million.
The new believed prize of $1.1 billion is for a winner who chooses an annuity compensated every year above 29 years. Grand prize winners typically take the money solution, which for Tuesday night’s drawing will be an approximated $568.7 million.
“Mega Thousands and thousands has just attained the $1 billion mark all over again. It truly is especially good to see the jackpot grow through the holiday seasons and into the new yr,” Pat McDonald, the Ohio lottery director and direct director of the Mega Thousands and thousands Consortium, stated in a assertion early Saturday. “As the jackpot grows, we encourage our players to preserve within just their enjoyment funds and delight in this jackpot operate suitable alongside with us.”
The only Mega Tens of millions jackpots bigger than the believed $1.1 billion possibility on Tuesday have been the $1.53 billion gained in South Carolina in 2018 and $1.33 billion profitable ticket in Illinois in July, Mega Hundreds of thousands stated in the assertion.
Elijah Kouza, assistant manager of Buscemi’s benefit retailer in Livonia, Michigan, claimed the Mega Tens of millions jackpot drew various shoppers just before Friday night’s attract. The $940 million prize was prominently advertised at the retailer and Kouza anticipated considerably extra Mega Thousands and thousands ticket product sales than the 20 to 25 commonly offered on a Friday.
“It’s sort of hilarious to me, for the reason that if it’s like $100 million, men and women are like, ‘Nah.’ They’re going to go,” he said.
Mega Thousands and thousands is played in 45 states as well as in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
