There was no Merry Christmas for lottery gamers Tuesday.
Christmas Eve got here and went with no successful ticket for the jackpot prize that reached $1 billion. The subsequent draw will now be held on Friday, Dec. 27 at 11 p.m. ET.
Right here had been the successful numbers for Tuesday’s drawing: 38, 45, 14, 46, 11 and a MegaBall of three. The Megaplier was 3X.
At the very least 4 winners up to now claimed the highest $1 million prize for having the five-number mixture, however didn’t land the MegaBall appropriately.
The jackpot, which might rank because the sixth-largest Mega Hundreds of thousands lottery prize ever, has been rising for greater than three months, reflecting the lengthy odds of 1 in 303 million of successful the highest prize. The final time somebody hit the jackpot was on Sept. 10 after a participant in Texas gained $800 million.
The $1.15 billion prize is for a sole winner who chooses to be paid via an annuity with 30 annual funds. Winners nearly at all times desire the money possibility, which for the following drawing Friday night time can be an estimated $448.8 million-plus.
The Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are each Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
The highest Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpots:
| Quantity | Date | Profitable Tickets |
| $1.602 billion | 8/8/2023 | 1-FL |
| $1.537 billion | 10/23/2018 | 1-SC |
| $1.348 billion | 1/13/2023 | 1-ME |
| $1.337 billion | 7/29/2022 | 1-IL |
| $1.128 billion | 3/26/2024 | 1-NJ |
| $1.15 billion (est.) | 12/27/2024 | ? |
| $1.050 billion | 1/22/2021 | 1-MI |
| $810 million | 9/10/2024 | 1-TX |
| $656 million | 3/30/2012 | 3-IL, KS, MD |
| $648 million | 12/17/2013 | 2-CA, GA |
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Mega Hundreds of thousands by the numbers
Forty-five states plus Washington, D.C., take part within the Mega Hundreds of thousands drawings. Discover out which state has hit the jackpot probably the most and what numbers appear to come back up most frequently.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
