The Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing has begun to nudge billion-dollar territory with Friday evening’s drawing, the sixth-biggest in U.S. historical past.
The profitable numbers have been 3-20-46-59-63, with the Mega Ball being 13.
The failure of anybody to win the earlier drawing Tuesday evening, made it 23 straight drawings with out a match of all six numbers.
A ticket that matched all six numbers Friday could be price $940 million.
There have been simply 5 billion-dollar jackpots in U.S. historical past, although two have come prior to now yr. If Friday’s drawing produces no winner, the prize Tuesday would grow to be the sixth and the third in simply the previous yr.
The $940 million drawing comes lower than two months after the largest lottery prize ever, a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot that was gained Nov. 8 in California however stays unclaimed.
If taken in a single huge fee, as most up-to-date huge lottery winners have chosen to do, Friday’s $940 million prize could be price $483.5 million. The bigger, marketed quantity is what the opposite possibility — a 29-year annuity — could be price over its lifetime.
Federal taxes would rapidly take virtually 40% of that quantity, with state taxes a chance on high of that.
The $2 Mega Hundreds of thousands tickets are offered in 45 states, together with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The percentages of a profitable Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket are 1 in 302.5 million.
