Just in time for the holidays. The Mega Millions jackpot rose again as there were no winners in Friday night’s drawing, lottery officials announced.
The jackpot is now at $465 million heading into Tuesday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website.
The numbers drawn Friday night were 8, 35, 40, 53 and 56, plus the gold Mega Ball 11.
If someone wins on Tuesday, it would be the 12th largest jackpot in the promotion’s history. A winner could take the amount in an annuity paid over 30 years or opt for a lump sum of $250.4 million before taxes.
One ticket in California matched all five white balls for $1 million, while 21 tickets had four white balls plus the Mega Ball.
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Three of the tickets with four white balls and a Mega Ball won $30,000 because of the optional Megaplier, which was 3X. The other 18 winners won $10,000 each.
The last time that anyone won the grand prize in the game was Oct. 14, lottery officials said.
Several large Mega Millions jackpots have been won in 2022, according to lottery officials. On July 29, $1.337 billion was won in Illinois, and on Oct. 14, a $502 million prize was shared between winning tickets in California and Florida.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.