The Mega Millions jackpot is now the eighth largest in the history of the game with an estimated $843 million up for grabs in Friday night\u2019s drawing, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday\u2019s drawing at 11 p.m. will be the 38th since the jackpot was last won in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak without a jackpot winner since the game began in 2002, according to a statement from Mega Millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The previous record of 37 drawings was set Jan. 22, 2021, when a $1.050 billion jackpot was won in Michigan, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the jackpot remains elusive, the number of winners — and total prizes won — continues to grow,\u201d lottery officials said. \u201cThrough this jackpot run to date, there have been almost 11.7 million winning tickets at all levels, with total prizes exceeding $274 million thanks to significant enhancements in the lower-tier prizes after the game changed last April.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There have also been 256 third-tier winning tickets so far in this run, ranging from $20,000 to $100,000, Mega Millions officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the June 27 Virginia jackpot win at $348 million, other jackpots awarded this year were in Ohio, with $112 million won on April 18, Illinois, with $349 million won on March 25 and Arizona, where $112 million was won on Jan. 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though nobody won the jackpot on Tuesday, lottery officials said there is still plenty of money to be won with other prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the Nov. 4 drawing alone, there were 606,046 winning tickets across all prize tiers, for total nationwide winnings of more than $12.2 million,\u201d officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336, according to Mega Millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 for one play and the largest Mega Millions jackpot prize ever won was a $1.6 billion prize won on Aug. 8, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n