(NEXSTAR) — Somebody may discover themselves with a money windfall Tuesday evening thanks to an enormous Mega Tens of millions jackpot, now estimated at $760 million.
The present jackpot has been brewing since September when a ticket offered in Texas landed an $800 million jackpot, the seventh-largest payout within the recreation’s historical past. In only a week, the jackpot has ballooned by more than $140 million.
At $760 million — with an estimated money worth of $352.1 million — that is the most important Mega Tens of millions jackpot out there within the month of December, in keeping with recreation officers. The final time an enormous jackpot was up for grabs within the days earlier than Christmas was in 2013 when tickets in California and Georgia break up a $648 million prize.
That prize ranks because the tenth-largest in Mega Tens of millions historical past. At this time’s jackpot is the eighth-largest.
- $1.602 billion: Aug. 8, 2023; Florida
- $1.537 billion: Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina
- $1.348 billion: Jan. 13, 2023; Maine
- $1.337 billion: July 29, 2022; Illinois
- $1.128 billion: March 26, 2024; New Jersey
- $1.050 billion: Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
- $800 million: Sept. 10, 2024; Texas
- Est. $760 million (Present jackpot)
- $656 million: Mar. 30, 2012; Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland
- $648 million: Dec. 17, 2013; California and Georgia
To affix the checklist of the most important jackpots in Mega Tens of millions and Powerball historical past, the present pot would want to develop by greater than $320 million.
- $2.04 billion (Powerball): Nov. 7, 2022; California
- $1.76 billion (Powerball): Oct. 11, 2023; California
- $1.602 billion (Mega Tens of millions): Aug. 8, 2023; Florida
- $1.586 billion (Powerball): Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee
- $1.537 billion (Mega Tens of millions): Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina
- $1.348 billion (Mega Tens of millions): Jan. 13, 2023; Maine
- $1.337 billion (Mega Tens of millions): July 29, 2022; Illinois
- $1.326 billion (Powerball): April 6, 2024; Oregon
- $1.128 billion (Mega Tens of millions): March 26, 2024; New Jersey
- $1.08 billion (Powerball): July 19, 2023; California
No matter the place the $760 million Mega Tens of millions jackpot ranks, a winner (or winners) will obtain far much less after taxes, depending on where they live.
The place you reside can even influence how late you can purchase tickets, and whether or not you possibly can buy them online.
Your odds of successful might be influenced by your home of residency: New York and California have offered probably the most Mega Tens of millions jackpot-winning tickets at 42 and 36, respectively, based mostly on recreation knowledge. Twenty states have yet to sell one.
What won’t be influenced by your state is how a lot tickets price — $2, plus an extra $1 if you happen to go for the Megaplier (out there in most taking part jurisdictions) — and when the drawing will probably be held, which is 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Your odds of successful the jackpot are slim at 1 in 302,575,350. Your odds of successful any prize whereas enjoying Mega Tens of millions is a lot better at 1 in 24. Ought to no ticket match the successful numbers for Tuesday’s drawing, the subsequent will probably be held at 11 p.m. ET on Friday. The jackpot can even develop however it’s unclear by how a lot.
