There is no mystery why the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it the third-largest ever ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing. No one has matched the game’s six winning numbers since April 18, amounting to 31 straight drawings.
Lottery player Mariano Velasquez holds forms to pick numbers for the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries as he buys tickets, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at the Presidente Supermarket in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it the third-largest ever ahead of Tuesday night's drawing.
The prize has ballooned because no one has matched the game’s six winning numbers since April 18, amounting to 31 straight drawings without a big winner. The nearly four-month-long unlucky streak could be all the sweeter for the person who finally lands the top prize, which is inching toward the record lottery jackpot of $2.04 billion won in 2022 by a player in California.
“It’s a cheap fantasy,” Tallant, a retired university president, said with a chuckle. “For a couple of bucks, for a couple days, you get to have a fantasy that you’re going to win big. I’ve been playing for many years and very seldom win. But a couple bucks here and there is all I ever do.”There are roughly 302.6 million possible number combinations for the five white balls and separate gold Mega Ball in Mega Millions.
That’s because the estimated $1.55 billion prize is for a sole winner who chooses to be paid over 30 years through an annuity. Jackpot winners almost always choose a lump sum payment, which for Tuesday night’s drawing would be an estimated $757.2 million.Advertisement
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