Ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot sits at a whopping $850 million, the second-largest prize in the game’s history and the third-largest in American lottery history.
The jackpot continued to roll at the end of last week after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night: 3, 11, 12, 38, 43 and Mega Ball 15.
There were a total of 4,682,795 winning tickets at all prize levels after the Jan. 15 drawing, including eight that matched the five white balls to win the game’s $1 million second prize. Two of those were sold in New Jersey, with one each in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to a statement from Mega Millions.
The world record Powerball jackpot of $1.586 billion was set on Jan. 13, 2016, and the current Mega Millions record of $1.537 billion was set on Oct. 23, 2018.
“The latter is the world’s largest prize won on a single ticket, as the Powerball record was shared by three winning tickets,” Mega Millions noted in its statement.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be held at 11 p.m. Tuesday. The cash option is worth $628.2 million. The drawing closes at 10:45 p.m.
The Powerball’s jackpot also sits at a sizable amount: $730 million. The cash value stands at $546 million ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing. The drawing closes at 9:50 p.m. that day.