Friday’s Mega Millions drawing resulted in no winners, creating an estimated $800 million jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing.
If won, the $740 million, which came with a cash option of $371.6 million, would have been the seventh largest jackpot won in Mega Millions history.
But in the history of Mega Millions, the jackpot has always reached at least $1 billion after surpassing $656 million, which was the world record jackpot back in 2012.
The biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever, worth $1.58 billionsold on August 8, 2023, i Florida.
The large value is the result of no Mega Millions jackpot winner being drawn since June 4, when a lucky player in Illinois won $552 million.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, DC and the US Virgin Islands. Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
Attorney Andrew Stoltmann has represented 12 lottery winners, many of whom lost all their winnings through bad investments, reckless spending and greedy relatives. “Unfortunately, those who win the lottery think the journey is over. And what they don’t realize is that the journey has really only just begun,” says Chicago-based Stoltmann.