Mega Millions jackpot swells to $415 million

DES MOINES, Iowa – Tonight’s Mega Millions drawing will give lottery players a shot at the 10th largest jackpot in U.S. history.

Because no one has won a Mega Millions jackpot since March 8, the prize has steadily grown to an estimated $415 million. That makes it the largest jackpot since a $430 million Powerball prize won by a New Jersey family May 7.

The record prize was a $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won in January by players in three states.

Winning numbers in the Mega Millions game will be drawn at 11 p.m. Eastern time. The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million.

Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Here’s a look at the 10 previous highest U.S. jackpots and the winners’ home states:

1. $1.6 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets from California, Florida, Tennessee)

2. $656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)

3. $648 million, Mega Millions, Dec. 17, 2013 (two tickets, from California and Georgia)

4. $590.5 million, Powerball, May 18, 2013 (one ticket, from Florida)

5. $587.5 million, Powerball, Nov. 28, 2012 (two tickets, from Arizona and Missouri)

6. $564.1 million, Powerball, Feb. 11, 2015 (three tickets, from North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas)

7. $448.4 million, Powerball, Aug. 7, 2013 (three tickets, one from Minnesota and two from New Jersey)

8. $429.6 million, Powerball, May 7, 2016 (one ticket, from New Jersey)

9. $425.3 million, Powerball, Feb. 19, 2014 (one ticket, from California)

10. $414 million, Mega Millions, March 18, 2014, (two tickets, from Florida and Maryland)