American citizens nonetheless dreaming of a in point of fact large Christmas provide can stay that dream alive all over Friday’s Mega Tens of millions drawing for a jackpot price an estimated $1.15 billion.
Friday’s jackpot will doubtlessly be the 5th greatest within the sport’s historical past. Mega Tens of millions tickets are $2 a work. However the odds of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, and the percentages of profitable any Mega Tens of millions prize are 1 in 24, consistent with lottery officers. Tickets for the sport are bought in 45 states, together with Illinois, in conjunction with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Here’s a have a look at the most important U.S. jackpots ever received and the states the place the profitable tickets had been bought:
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one price tag, from California)
2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one price tag, from California)
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one price tag, from Florida)
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (3 tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
5. $1.537 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one price tag, from South Carolina)
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one price tag, from Maine)
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Tens of millions, July 29, 2022 (one price tag, from Illinois)
8. $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024 (one price tag, Oregon)
9. $1.13 billion, Mega Tens of millions, March 26, 2024 (one price tag, from New Jersey)
10. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023 (one price tag, from California)
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