Hopes of winning the Mega Millions top prize continue and they are on the rise, after the draw for this lottery took place last Friday night, which did not yield any winner, so now the accumulated bag amounts to a little more than $1,000 million dollars.
No one managed to match all 6 Mega Millions numbers (5, 19, 28, 52 and 63, with Mega Ball 18), so the $940 million prize was increased, reaching a total of $1.05 billion. According to a statement issued by Mega Millions last Saturday, this has become the fourth highest prize in the history of this game and the fifth of more than $1,000 million.
Although there was not one or more lucky ones who walked away with the accumulated purse, someone in Pennsylvania was awarded $5 million, while there were several winners of $1 million prizes in different states, such as Arizona, California and New York.
When will the $1 billion Mega Millions draw be?
Since April 18, 29 consecutive drawings have gone by without a Mega Millions jackpot winner.
The next draw where you can try your luck to win the millionaire sum will be this Tuesday, August 1, at night, at 11:00 p.m. (ET).
The prize of $1,000 million can be collected in 2 ways: a lump sum, from which minus taxes, you would have approximately $527.9 million left, and 30 annual payments.
Lottery jackpots grow so large because the odds of winning are so small. For Mega Millions, the odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 1 in 302.6 million.
Keep reading:
* Mega Millions: What are the 6 numbers that have been drawn most frequently
* Mega Millions: How much money is won for each successful ball
* The numbers you must play with if you want to win the Mega Millions
