After no winners have been introduced Tuesday night time within the $565 million Mega Tens of millions jackpot drawing, the Mega Million Jackpot grew to $640 million ($328 million in money) within the final Mega Tens of millions 2022 drawing, which has but to happen.
However gamers don’t have to attend too lengthy, because it’s scheduled for Friday, December 28, at 11 PM ET.
Purpose why nobody hit the jackpot:
This Tuesday’s lottery drawing is the twenty first drawing and not using a winner.
The principle motive why no one hit the Jackpot in Tuesday’s draw is as a result of no one picked all 6 numbers which have been: the white balls 9, 13, 36, 59 and 61 plus the golden Mega Ball which contained the quantity 11.
Greatest jackpot of all time:
This new, large jackpot follows the large win of the largest lottery award ever, the two.04 billion US {dollars} Powerball prize, which was gained on November 8 in California. Nonetheless, the winner has not but claimed the prize!
The $640M jackpot would be the greatest Mega Tens of millions prize ever provided within the final week of any yr “and will present somebody with a really joyful New Yr’s celebration,” based on the lottery web site.
On this regard, lottery officers stated: “The Mega Tens of millions jackpot was over 600 million US {dollars} solely 5 occasions within the 20-year lengthy historical past of the lottery. It final occurred on July 29 when an nameless partnership bought a ticket in Illinois to win 1.3 billion US {dollars}, which is roughly 780 million US {dollars} in money.
“That was the second-largest Mega Tens of millions jackpot ever gained, with the largest one being 1.5 million US {dollars} jackpot, which was claimed by a South Carolina ticket purchaser within the October 23, 2018, drawing.”
How jackpot winners can withdraw jackpot cash:
“All large lottery prizes are large as a result of lengthy odds guarantee there are few winners and the lengthy streaks of lottery futility enable jackpots to develop even bigger week after week,” based on lottery officers.
There are two methods jackpot winners can withdraw their winnings, similar to a one-time money fee or an annuity possibility, which provides them an preliminary fee first, adopted by 29 yearly funds.
The most well-liked lottery within the USA:
As a result of 45 US states, together with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands, play the Mega Tens of millions lottery, lottery officers say: “The percentages of successful this new jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.”
About:
Mega Tens of millions is a multi- jurisdictional US lottery sport, provided in 45 US states, the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
The primary lottery draw was in 2002.
