The jackpot from Mega Millions was an estimated $579 million at the latest drawing of the popular lottery game on Friday. With a cash option at $278.4 million, many tried their luck for the game’s grand prize, but nobody matched correctly the winning numbers 16, 21, 33, 39, 45 and the gold Mega ball 24.

Now, ahead of the next drawing of Mega Millions, the jackpot surpassed the mind-blowing sum of $600 million.

Close to $620M up for Grabs from Mega Millions

After nobody was lucky enough to beat the odds of 1 in 302.5 million on Friday, the jackpot from Mega Millions is now estimated at $619 million. Not unexpectedly, the cash option for the top prize is also astronomical, as sweet $297.7 million.

The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10 at 11 PM ET. In case a winner matches correctly all winning white balls together with the gold Mega ball, they would be able to collect the entire $619 million jackpot via annual installments or instantly take home a lump sum of nearly $300 million thanks to the cash option. Usually, jackpot winners select the latter option as they can instantly take a sum of nearly half of the jackpot.

Nobody Won the Jackpot or a Tier-Two Prize

Undoubtedly, millions of players tried their luck for the top prize in Mega Millions’ latest draw. Regretfully, not only did nobody win the jackpot but there was also no one that matched four white balls for a tier two $1 million prize.

On the bright side, more than two dozen lottery players matched correctly four white balls along with the gold Mega ball on the Mega Millions drawing from Friday. Four of those lucky players paid extra for the game’s Megaplier option, enabling them to collect a $20,000 prize each. On the other hand, the remaining 22 players took home a prize of $10,000 each.

A total of 756 players matched correctly four white balls for a tier-four prize. Of that total, 177 players collected a $1,000 Megaplier prize each, while the remaining won the standard $500 prize each.

The last time a lucky winner won the Mega Millions jackpot was back in September. At the time, a Texas player hit the game’s grand prize.

If won on Tuesday, the $619 million jackpot would be the 10th largest jackpot in Mega Millions’ history.

The most recent drawing for America’s popular lottery game, Mega Millions, took place on Friday, November 29, 2024. While many tried their luck for the $514 million jackpot at the time, no ticket matched correctly white balls 3, 29, 34, 37 and 38 along with the gold Mega Ball 17.

Mega Millions Grand Prize Continues to Increase

Ahead of the holidays, the grand prize of the popular lottery game now continues to grow. An estimated $541 million jackpot will be up for grabs on the next drawing scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 11 PM ET.

As usual, there’s a cash option for the jackpot, in case a lucky winner beats the 1 in 302.5 million odds of winning the top prize. In case this happens, and the fortunate winner picks the cash option, they would benefit from $257.6 million before the applicable state and federal taxes are applied.

If won on Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot would be the second largest for the month of December since the launch of the game in 2002. A total of 13 grand prizes have been won in December since 2002 and only one jackpot was bigger than the current estimate.

The largest jackpot in December was $648 million which was split by two players, one from Georgia and one from California back on December 17, 2013. Besides the second-largest jackpot in December, the current estimated jackpot is only the third time the grand prize has surpassed $500 million for this month in particular.

The Recent Drawing Produced Nearly 1M Winning Tickets

Not unexpectedly, the growth of the jackpot coincides with an increase in the interest in Mega Millions. While there was no winner of the grand prize from the latest drawing on November 29, there were some 854,056 winning tickets within the game’s different prize tiers.

A fortune Mega Millions player from Oregon matched correctly all white balls for a $1 million tier-two prize. On the other hand, 22 tickets across the country matched four white balls together with the gold Mega Ball for a tier-three prize. Out of the 22 tickets, six paid extra for the game’s Megaplier option, taking home $20,000 each, while the remaining took home $10,000 each.

A total of 516 fortunate players matched correctly four white balls in Friday’s drawing. While 102 of those won a $1,000 Megaplier prize each, the remaining players collected the standard $500 prize each.

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