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Friday the thirteenth would possibly find yourself being somebody’s fortunate day. The Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion – the second-largest within the lottery’s historical past – for the drawing set on Friday.
The jackpot soared from $1.1 billion after Tuesday night time’s drawing when no winner snagged the large prize, the lottery mentioned in a information launch Wednesday.
The estimated jackpot ($707.9 million in money) is surpassed solely by the lottery’s report of $1.537 billion received in South Carolina in 2018, the lottery mentioned.
“Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot is transferring up and making historical past because the second highest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot ever,” the lottery mentioned. “Our member lotteries increase funds for a lot of good causes, starting from training to conservation applications. We’re proud to help these efforts.”
The Mega Thousands and thousands’ large jackpot topped the billion-dollar mark after practically three months with no successful ticket drawn.
The final jackpot was received at $502 million on October 14, when there have been two successful tickets from California and Florida, the Mega Thousands and thousands mentioned. Since then, greater than 33 million successful tickets have been bought, together with 68 gamers who took residence $1 million or extra, lottery added.
There have been six earlier jackpots received on Friday the thirteenth – and 4 of them had been in Michigan, the discharge mentioned. Different Friday the thirteenth prizes have been received in New York, Ohio and Rhode Island.
Mega Thousands and thousands is performed in 45 states, together with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
