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Did you get a losing ticket for Mega Millions on Friday? If that is the case, do not worry: nobody else has won the jackpot. This means that the first prize has now reached $ 1.6 billion.
This is the biggest lottery lottery of all time, surpassing the $ 1.59 billion jackpot from Powerball in 2016. The previous record for a Mega Millions jackpot was $ 656 million in 2012. Money was divided equally between the winners of Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.
"We are a little unfamiliar territory," said Saturday Gordon Medenica, senior director of the lottery consortium known as the Mega Millions Group.
The next Mega Millions draw will take place on Tuesday. According to Medenica, the jackpot could still increase, depending on the number of tickets sold over the next few days.
If you want to play before that date, the Powerball draw will take place on Saturday. The Powerball jackpot also rose this week after no winner emerged Wednesday, bringing the grand prize to $ 470 million.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington, DC and the Virgin Islands. Residents of the six non-lottery states (Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah) can buy their tickets often across the border.
One of the biggest lottery retailers in Georgia is at a truck stop on the highway between Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, said Medenica.
Tickets cost $ 2, which seems like a relatively small price to pay for a chance to get rich. But do not expect too much. The odds of winning the Mega Millions are about 1 in 302 million. Winning the Mega Millions and Powerball and raising more than $ 2 billion is even more unlikely: the odds are 1 in 88 quadrillions.
If Tuesday brings a new disappointment, do not forget that winning the lottery is not always a good thing, and stories abound about big winners who go into debt, argue with members of their family or – and we apologize for being a real depressing here – be murdered.
If you win a lottery – or both! – consider reading these tips before doing anything else. Good luck.
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