One of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history grew even larger early Wednesday, after no one matched the Mega Millions numbers that had been drawn Tuesday night: 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and the golden Mega Ball of 12.
One of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history grew even larger early Wednesday, after no one matched the Mega Millions numbers that had been drawn Tuesday night: 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and the golden Mega Ball of 12.
The new jackpot is $1.25 billion, the sixth largest ever; the next drawing is Friday night.
No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since mid-April. On July 19, a single ticket won a $1.08 billion jackpot in the competing Powerball lottery.
Huge jackpots have become more common in the multistate Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries in recent years because of changes to the games and higher ticket prices. Between the two lotteries, eight jackpots in the United States have reached $1 billion or more since 2016, including five in the past two years.
Here’s a look at the 10 biggest U.S. jackpots.
1. $2.04 billion
The largest lottery jackpot to date, a Powerball drawing, was won Nov. 7, 2022. The ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, just north of Pasadena.
On Feb. 14, California Lottery officials revealed the winner’s name, Edwin Castro, but did not release further information about him at his request.
2. $1.586 billion
The second biggest jackpot, also a Powerball, was split three ways.
