Current:Home > NewsMega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $820 million, with a possible cash payout of $422 million -Trailblazer Capital Learning
Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $820 million, with a possible cash payout of $422 million
Benjamin Ashford View
Date:2025-04-09 13:41:09
Mega Millions has upped the ante by another $100 million.
There was no jackpot winner in the lottery game's latest drawing Friday night, sending the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million for the next drawing, which will be held on Tuesday.
Tuesday's jackpot will likely be the fifth largest in the game's history, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday.
The winning numbers for Friday's drawing were 29, 40, 47, 50 and 57 and a Mega Ball of 25.
There have been no Mega Millions jackpot winners since April 18.
A potential winner next Tuesday would have the choice of taking an estimated lump sum payment of $422 million before taxes, or the going with the annuity option, which consists of an immediate payment, followed by 29 annual payments. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout
Friday's drawing resulted in eight tickets matching five white balls for a $1 million prize. Two each were sold in Florida, New Jersey and North Carolina, with one in California and another in Michigan, Mega Millions said.
There have been four Mega Millions jackpots north of $1 billion, with the largest being a $1.537 billion jackpot in October of 2018, with a single winning ticket sold in South Carolina.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.58 million.
This all comes after a winning ticket was sold in downtown Los Angeles in Wednesday's $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot, the sixth largest in U.S. lottery history. The winner has yet to come forward to claim their prize.
The L.A.-area has seen a string of lottery luck of late. The winning ticket for February's $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, the largest in lottery history, sold at a gas station in Altadena, a city in L.A. County.
- In:
- Mega Millions
- Powerball
- Lottery
veryGood! (478)
Related
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- We've Got 22 Pretty Little Liars Secrets and We're Not Going to Keep Them to Ourselves
- Jurassic Park Actress Ariana Richards Recreates Iconic Green Jello Scene 30 Years Later
- Jon Hamm's James Kennedy Impression Is the Best Thing You'll See All Week
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- Senators reflect on impact of first major bipartisan gun legislation in nearly 30 years
- In bad news for true loves, inflation is hitting the 12 Days of Christmas
- U.S. opens new immigration path for Central Americans and Colombians to discourage border crossings
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- The Real Story Behind Khloe Kardashian and Michele Morrone’s Fashion Show Date
Ranking
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- Fortnite maker Epic Games will pay $520 million to settle privacy and deception cases
- A $1.6 billion lawsuit alleges Facebook's inaction fueled violence in Ethiopia
- Virginia joins several other states in banning TikTok on government devices
- See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
- After a Ticketmaster snafu, Mexico's president asks Bad Bunny to hold a free concert
- Taylor Swift releases Speak Now: Taylor's Version with previously unreleased tracks and a change to a lyric
- As Rooftop Solar Grows, What Should the Future of Net Metering Look Like?
Recommendation
$73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
Global Carbon Emissions Unlikely to Peak Before 2040, IEA’s Energy Outlook Warns
Who created chicken tikka masala? The death of a curry king is reviving a debate
In a year marked by inflation, 'buy now, pay later' is the hottest holiday trend
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
These Candidates Vow to Leave Fossil Fuel Reserves in the Ground, a 180° Turn from Trump
You'll Whoop It up Over This Real Housewives of Orange County Gift Guide
Affirmative action in college admissions and why military academies were exempted by the Supreme Court