ORLANDO, Fla. – The Mega Millions jackpot is nearing $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing.
The estimated jackpot for the next drawing on Friday has grown to $965 million with a cash option of $445.3 million, according to the Mega Millions website.
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Although nobody won the jackpot on Tuesday, there were winning tickets for smaller prizes.
The winning numbers for Tuesday’s drawing were 10, 13, 40, 42, 46 with a Mega Ball of 1.
According to Mega Millions, 27 tickets matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. One of those tickets was sold in Florida for a prize of $30,000.
The jackpot prize has rolled over since June 27, when a ticket in Virginia matched all the numbers.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
Mega Millions lottery drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
The next drawing is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 14.
Mega Millions: How to play
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tickets cost $5 each and include a randomly assigned multiplier, multiplying the base prize levels by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X. Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold, with the money supporting designated good causes and retailer commissions.
The overall odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 23; the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336.
The Source: The information in this story comes from the official Mega Millions website and the Florida Lottery.
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