Nobody won the $940 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday night, pushing the next draw to more than $1 billion.
Since no one secured the jackpot, the next Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night grows to an estimated $1.1 billion, game officials said.
The numbers drawn on Friday night were 3, 20, 46, 59, 63 and Mega Ball 13.
The odds of taking home the winning jackpot were slim. one in 302.6 million. Friday night’s drawing was the sixth largest in US history.
No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since October 14, when the jackpot was $502 million. People who bought tickets in California and Florida split it, game officials said.
The $1.1 billion jackpot would rank as the third largest in gambling history. The second highest, $1.3 billion, was won in July.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot, $1.5 billion, was won in 2018 by someone who bought the ticket in South Carolina. They chose to remain anonymous and took it as a lump sum of $877,784,124, which was before taxes.
The largest lottery jackpot ever won in the US was the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in November.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed.
