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The Mega Millions jackpot jumped to $ 1.6 billion, a new world record, after there were no winners in the Friday night draw. The cash option is estimated at nearly $ 905 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot for the Friday night draw was $ 1 billion, the largest in game history and the second-largest jackpot in US history.
Friday's Mega Millions figures were: 65-53-23-15-70 Megaball: 7
There were four second place winners in the state of New York, who each won a million dollars.
On Wednesday, no one touched the Powerball jackpot, valued at $ 345 million. The winning numbers were 3, 64, 69, 68 and 57, and the Powerball, 15.
Saturday's powerball jackpot draw has now reached $ 470 million.
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The previous Mega Millions record was $ 656 million, shared by winners in three states in 2012.
The Mega Millions jackpot has not been won since July 24, when a pool of 11 colleagues in California shared $ 543 million – the biggest prize ever won on just one ticket of the game.
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The biggest jackpot of all time in the lottery was a $ 1.6 billion Powerball prize in 2016.
Mega Millions jackpots start at $ 40 million and flip over when there is no jackpot winner. The overall odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. Tickets are sold in 44 states, as well as in the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
You can watch the next drawing of Mega Millions before Eyewitness News at 11 am Tuesday night.
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