After no ticket matched the grand prize numbers for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, the jackpot for the subsequent drawing of the lottery on Friday has jumped up from $1.05 billion to $1.25 billion.

If the jackpot is hit by a fortunate participant Friday, then the prize will stand alone because the fourth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions historical past.

The lump money possibility for a winner shall be $625.3 million; the opposite possibility entails a smaller fast payout adopted by 29 annual funds, every 5% larger than the final.

The final ticket to win the Mega Millions grand prize was purchased in New York, with the $20 million-winning numbers drawn on April 18. Friday will mark the thirty first drawing undertaken since that win.

Mega Millions tickets will be purchased for $2 per play in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mega Millions is unavailable in Nevada, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and Alabama.

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