Back-to-back lottery jackpots worth more than $1.6B
Two jackpots worth more than $1.6 billion. No winners yet.
The jackpot for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing had climbed to $893 million ($424.1 million all cash), while the Wednesday Powerball purse will be worth an estimated $687 million ($327.3 million all cash).
The winning numbers drawn shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday were 24-46-49-62-66 and a Mega ball of 7. The multiplier was 2x.
The Friday jackpot will now be worth an estimated $977 million ($461 million for all cash).
The biggest U.S. jackpot ever was $2.04 billion Powerball won by Edwin Castro on Nov. 7, 2022, in California.
Millions of people have played in recent weeks, and all have come up short. With odds ranging from 1 in 292 million to 1 in 302 million, it’s not an easy task.
No one has won the Mega Millions drawing since December 2023, when two tickets in California shared $394 million.
The last Powerball winner was Jan. 1. A ticket sold at a Food Castle in Grand Blanc, Michigan, matched all six balls in the New Year’s Day drawing to win the estimated $842.4 million jackpot, according to the Powerball website.
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