It is virtually time to seek out out if somebody is ringing within the new 12 months lots richer.
It has been greater than 100 days since somebody received the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot, and we’ll all get one other likelihood Friday evening, with the jackpot swelling to $1.15 billion forward of the subsequent drawing.
Mega Thousands and thousands is a lottery recreation that prices $2 per play, the place gamers decide 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and one gold Mega Ball quantity from 1 to 25. If a participant would not need to decide the numbers, they’ll do a Fast Decide the place the machine will randomly decide their numbers.
To win the jackpot, a participant should match all six numbers, together with the Mega Ball.
Here is what you have to know for the subsequent drawing:
When do Mega Thousands and thousands drawings happen?
Mega Thousands and thousands drawings happen each week on Tuesdays and Fridays.
What time are Mega Thousands and thousands drawings?
Mega Thousands and thousands drawings happen at 11 p.m. ET, which is 10 p.m. CT, 9 p.m. MT, and eight p.m. PT.
When is the subsequent Mega Thousands and thousands drawing?
The subsequent Mega Thousands and thousands drawing might be held Friday, Dec. 27 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT.
What’s the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot for Friday’s drawing?
The jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing presently sits at an estimated $1.15 billion, with a money choice of $516.1 million.
If received at $1.15 billion, it could be the biggest prize ever received in December and the sixth-largest within the recreation’s historical past, in keeping with Mega Thousands and thousands.
How a lot does a Mega Thousands and thousands ticket value?
Mega Thousands and thousands tickets presently value $2 to play in 2024.
Beginning in April, Mega Thousands and thousands tickets will leap from $2 to $5, however the lottery mentioned that value improve will result in larger prizes.
When was the final Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot received?
The final time a participant received the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot was on Sept. 10, when the jackpot was $800 million.
The profitable ticket was bought in Texas. It was received by the Sol Dwelling Belief of Sugar Land, Texas.
Previous to that, a $552 million jackpot was received June 4 in Illinois and a $1.128 billion prize was received in New Jersey in Neptune Township on March 26. The winner for that one simply got here ahead this week.
Legal professional Andrew Stoltmann has represented 12 lottery winners, a lot of whom misplaced all their winnings by unhealthy investments, reckless spending and grasping family. “Unfortunately, the people who win the lottery think at that point, the journey is over. And what they don’t realize is that the journey has really just begun,” says the Chicago-based Stoltmann.
High Mega Thousands and thousands jackpots in historical past
The highest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpots in historical past are:
$1.602 billion – 8/8/2023 – 1 profitable ticket in Florida
$1.537 billion – 10/23/2018 – 1 profitable ticket in South Carolina
$1.348 billion – 1/13/2023 – 1 profitable ticket in Maine
$1.337 billion – 7/29/2022 – 1 profitable ticket in Illinois
$1.128 billion – 3/26/2024 – 1 profitable ticket in New Jersey
$1.15 billion – 12/27/2024 – set for Friday’s drawing, quantity is an estimate
$1.050 billion – 1/22/2021 – 1 profitable ticket in Michigan
$810 million – 9/10/2024 – 1 profitable ticket in Texas
$656 million – 3/30/2012 – 3 profitable tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland
$648 million – 12/17/2013 – 2 profitable tickets in California and Georgia
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