Tuesday's drawing for Mega Millions lifted the estimated combined jackpots of it and Powerball to a new high. The combined jackpots have been above $1 billion since early July.
Only two other previous Powerball jackpots have topped the current one in terms of size, the lottery said. Powerball gave out its largest-ever grand prize in 2022, with the jackpot coming in at a value of $2.04 billion. In 2016, someone won the second-largest jackpot at $1.586 billion, according to the lottery.bringing someone its massive windfall could potentially come as soon as Wednesday evening during the lottery’s planned drawing.
IOWA FARMER WINS $390K LOTTERY PRIZE HOURS AFTER PROPOSING TO GIRLFRIEND: ‘READY FOR THE NEXT PARTS OF LIFE’ Mega Millions, meanwhile, has now gone 26 drawings without a ticket landing someone the grand prize. A winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot was most recently drawn on two separate occasions in April. The one on April 14 brought an estimatedMega Millions said the latest estimated jackpot continues to hold a spot in the 10 largest it has seen in its history. Its biggest, $1.537 billion, occurred about six years ago.
Play stubs are displayed at the lottery counter at Broad Street Liquors in Timonium, Maryland on Jan. 3, 2023.
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