The Mega Millions jackpot is now estimated to be around $480 million, making it the 14th-biggest prize in the lottery game’s history, after no tickets sold matched all six numbers in Friday’s drawing. .
The prize money drawing will be on Tuesday, which will be the 24th drawing since the jackpot was last won on April 18 in New York.
There were six jackpot winners in less than four months at the beginning of the year, according to Mega Millions.
The top prize of the year was a $1.348 billion win on January 13 in Maine; this was the second largest prize in Mega Millions history. In the next drawing on January 17, someone won $20 million in New York.
On January 24, $33 million was won in Massachusetts, and two drawings later, Massachusetts once again had the $31 million winning ticket.
“Then came two more wins in New York, for $483 million on April 14, followed by $20 million on April 18,” Mega Millions said. “That was the first time in Mega Millions history that two jackpots were won in the same state in back-to-back drawings.”
