Mega Tens of millions jackpot nears $1 billion for Christmas Eve lottery drawing
A fortunate lottery participant could get an enormous current on Christmas Eve: The Mega Tens of millions jackpot is sort of $1 billion.
Tuesday’s drawing is for an estimated $944 million, or $429.4 million in money, in keeping with the lottery. The jackpot has been rolling because it was final gained at $810 million in Texas on Sept. 10.
No ticket matched all six numbers over the past drawing on Friday evening, with white balls 2, 20, 51, 56 and 67, plus the gold Mega Ball 19.
Simply 13 Mega Tens of millions jackpots have been gained throughout December because the recreation started in 2022. If somebody wins on Tuesday, it will mark simply the second Mega Tens of millions jackpot win on Christmas Eve. Somebody gained a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, however that prize went unclaimed.
Only a few Mega Tens of millions jackpots have been gained this 12 months. It is solely been gained 3 times, which is the fewest gained in any single 12 months because the recreation started. The chances of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
The present jackpot can be the seventh largest in historical past, in keeping with Mega Tens of millions. Final 12 months, a profitable participant in Florida gained the largest ever jackpot, profitable $1.602 billion in an Aug. 8 drawing.
Mega Tens of millions tickets can be found in 45 out of fifty U.S. states, along with Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 per play. Drawings are performed at 11 p.m. EST on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Be careful for lottery scams
Folks planning to play the lottery ought to be careful for lottery scams. Based on the Federal Commerce Fee, lottery scams often contain getting a name, electronic mail or letter saying you gained a sweepstakes, lottery or prize. Some scams could ask folks to pay cash in an effort to entry their winnings.
Mega Tens of millions says that no consultant of the lottery would ever name, textual content or e-mail anybody about profitable a prize. The sport additionally notes that massive jackpots draw consideration from would-be scammers.
“Whereas folks have to be vigilant always, that is very true in periods of bigger jackpots,” in keeping with the lottery’s web site.
Modifications coming to Mega Tens of millions
Mega Tens of millions tickets are set to get costlier subsequent 12 months. It should price $5 per play beginning in April 2025, greater than double the present $2 a ticket.
The ticket worth change will result in greater jackpots and higher odds of profitable, in keeping with Mega Tens of millions. The change in April will mark the second worth improve since Mega Tens of millions was launched.
“We’re making a recreation that each our current gamers and other people new to Mega Tens of millions will love and get enthusiastic about taking part in,” Joshua Johnston, lead director of the Mega Tens of millions Consortium, mentioned when the information was introduced. “We anticipate extra billion-dollar jackpots than ever earlier than, that means creating extra billionaires and plenty of extra millionaires because the jackpots climb, plus this recreation will proceed the necessary legacy of supporting nice causes all over the place Mega Tens of millions is performed.”
