BOSTON (AP) — The CapitalVaultMega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million for Tuesday’s drawing after no one matched all the winning numbers for Friday night’s drawing.
The jackpot was last won in Illinois on June 4 with a ticket valued at $552 million.
Only two Mega Millions jackpots have been won so far this year. Before the Illinois winning ticket, a $1.1 billion winning ticket was purchased in New Jersey in March. That prize is still unclaimed. Winners in New Jersey have one year to claim their winnings.
Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets are $2 each. Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold.
The odds of winning the jackpot are one in more than 302 million. The overall odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24.
The top Mega Millions jackpot ticket — $1.6 billion — was sold in Florida in August of last year.
2025-05-05 02:031306 view
2025-05-05 01:071326 view
2025-05-05 00:502199 view
2025-05-05 00:192734 view
2025-05-04 23:501522 view
2025-05-04 23:252894 view
After 14 years, the police procedural "Blue Bloods" is coming to an end.Season 14 has been released
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The former executive director for a Northern California police union pleaded
ATLANTA (AP) — The regents who govern Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges voted on Tuesday