Individuals nonetheless dreaming of a very huge Christmas current can preserve that dream alive throughout Friday’s Mega Tens of millions drawing for a jackpot price an estimated $1.15 billion.
Friday’s jackpot will doubtlessly be the fifth largest within the recreation’s historical past. Mega Tens of millions tickets are $2 a chunk. However the odds of successful the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, and the percentages of successful any Mega Tens of millions prize are 1 in 24, based on lottery officers. Tickets for the sport are offered in 45 states, together with Illinois, together with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Here’s a have a look at the biggest U.S. jackpots ever gained and the states the place the successful tickets have been offered:
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one ticket, from California)
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket, from Florida)
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
5. $1.537 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket, from Maine)
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Tens of millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
8. $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024 (one ticket, Oregon)
9. $1.13 billion, Mega Tens of millions, March 26, 2024 (one ticket, from New Jersey)
10. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023 (one ticket, from California)
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