MIAMI – There’s still time to become a mega-millionaire by Christmas, but luck will have to be on your side.
In Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, no one matched all six numbers to win the $740 million jackpot.
The winning numbers drawn were 56, 66, 67, 68, 69 and the Mega Ball was 18.
If there is no big winner, the jackpot rolls over. It now stands at an estimated $825 million for the next drawing on Friday.
The jackpot has been rolling since it was last won on September 10 worth $810 million in Texas.
If there is one winner, they will have a choice between an annuity, with an initial payment and then 29 annual payments, or a one-time lump sum payment. Most winners opt for a cash payout. For Friday night’s drawing, that would be an estimated $382.2 million before taxes.
If won at that level, it would be the largest prize ever won in December and the seventh largest in Mega Millions history.
According to Mega Millions, 13 jackpots have been won in December since the game began in 2002. Three were won in the days after Christmas, while the other 10 were won before Christmas. A jackpot has never been won on Christmas Day, although there have been six Christmas draws over the years: in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2020.
Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays, tickets cost $2. The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 1 in 303 million.
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