Lottery gamers could have a shot at an estimated $820 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night time, lower than per week after somebody hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion.
The big Mega Millions jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and follows a $1.08 billion prize received by a participant Wednesday in Los Angeles. California lottery officers haven’t introduced a winner of that prize, which was the sixth-largest in U.S. historical past.
Jackpots within the two lottery video games develop so massive as a result of the steep odds make successful so unlikely, permitting the grand prize to roll over repeatedly. The final time somebody beat Mega Millions’ odds of 1 in 203.5 million and received a jackpot was April 18 – that’s 27 drawings with out a large winner.
The recreation pays out many extra smaller prizes, which begin at $2. The general odds of successful any prize is 1 in 24.
The $820 million prize for Tuesday night time’s drawing is for a sole winner who chooses fee via an annuity, with one instant fee after which 29 annual allotments. Jackpot winners almost at all times take the money possibility, which for Tuesday night time’s drawing could be an estimated $422 million.
Mega Millions is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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