The numbers were 3, 11, 12, 38, 43, with a Mega Ball of 15 and would have been the fifth largest jackpot ever.
Mega Millions estimated that the next grand prize would be $ 850 million, the third largest of all time. Tuesday is the draw.
Lottery players still stand a chance of winning big with Saturday’s draw for a $ 640 million Powerball top prize, the eighth largest jackpot. The odds of winning are one in 292.2 million.
It’s been almost two years since a lottery jackpot got this big. No one has won the top prize of both games in months.
The jackpot amounts listed refer to winners who opt for an annuity, paid out over 30 years. Winners almost always pick cash prizes, which would be $ 478.7 million for Powerball. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $ 628.2 million.
Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico.
A look at the 10 biggest US jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $ 1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
2. $ 1.537 billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018 (one ticket, South Carolina)
$ 768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, Wisconsin)
4. $ 758.7 million, Powerball, Aug 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
$ 687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
$ 656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois, and Maryland)
$ 648 million, Mega Millions, December 17, 2013 (two tickets, from California and Georgia)
$ 590.5 million, Powerball, May 18, 2013 (one ticket, from Florida)
9. $ 587.5 million, Powerball, Nov. 28, 2012 (two tickets, from Arizona and Missouri)
$ 564.1 million, Powerball, Feb. 11, 2015 (three tickets, from North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Texas)
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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