Saturday, October 13th 2018, 5:49 pm
No one won the $548 million jackpot in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing. That means the estimated jackpot climbs to $654 million, which would be the fourth-largest prize in U.S. history.
The jackpot has been growing since it was last won July 24. The next drawing will be Tuesday.
Here is look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play and there are a total of nine ways to win a prize, ranging from the jackpot down to $2. You can play Mega Millions in 46 localities: 44 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning a jackpot remain abysmal at 1 in 258.9 million for Mega Millions and 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball.
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