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Hey, you never know: the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are around $ 1 billion together.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday night's draw will be $ 654 million, the fourth largest prize in the history of the US lottery and the second-largest in the history of Mega Millions. CBS reports that the record of Mega Millions is $ 656 million, shared by the winners of Kansas, Illinois and Maryland in March 2012.
But fans of this game also hope to have the chance to be doubly lucky this week, the Powerball jackpot for the draw on Wednesday being $ 354 million.
This means that if someone won both lotteries on Tuesday and Wednesday, he would be entitled to a combined $ 999 million.
Tickets for both games cost $ 2. The odds of winning Mega Millions are 1 in 302,575,350; The odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.
But what are the chances of winning the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots? About 1 in 75 quadrillions (or 75 billion, 000 000 000), according to data experts at Allstate.
You may feel lucky, but remember: you are more likely to be struck by lightning, which is 1 out of 1,111,000.
Mega Millions players choose six numbers from two different number groups – five different numbers from 1 to 70 and a number from 1 to 25 – or select Easy Selection. A player wins the jackpot by matching the six winning numbers of a draw; no one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since July 24th.
The winners of a jackpot can choose to receive 30 annual payments, each greater than 5% last, or a lump sum payment. The cash option, which is preferred by almost all winners, stands at $ 372 million for Tuesday's Mega Millions Grand Prize.
The biggest lottery lot ever won came in at $ 1.586 billion, shared by the Powerball winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 44 states plus Washington, Washington and the US Virgin Islands. The next Mega Millions draw will take place tonight (Tuesday, October 16th) at 10:59 pm. AND.
The next Powerball draw will take place on Wednesday, October 17th at 10:59 pm.
Here are the channels on which you can watch Mega Millions and Powerball's live TV shows in upstate New York State:
- Binghamton: WICZ, channel 40
- Buffalo: WUTV, channel 29
- Capital Region: WRGB and CW, Channels 6 and 15
- Elmira: WETM, channel 18
- Plattsburgh: WPTZ, channel 5
- Rochester: WHAM, channel 13
- Syracuse: WSTM and WTVH, Channels 3 and 5
- Utica: WUTR, channel 20
- Watertown: WSTM and WTVH, Channels 3 and 5
If you are outside of New York, check with your state's lottery board.
You can also stream live drawing online on Powerball-MegaMillions.com.
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