There was no Merry Christmas for lottery gamers Tuesday.
Christmas Eve got here and went with no profitable 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 have been the profitable numbers for Tuesday’s drawing: 38, 45, 14, 46, 11 and a MegaBall of three. The Megaplier was 3X.
Not less than 4 winners up to now claimed the highest $1 million prize for having the five-number mixture, however didn’t land the MegaBall accurately.
The jackpot, which might rank because the sixth-largest Mega Tens of millions lottery prize ever, has been rising for greater than three months, reflecting the lengthy odds of 1 in 303 million of profitable the highest prize. The final time somebody hit the jackpot was on Sept. 10 after a participant in Texas received $800 million.
The $1.15 billion prize is for a sole winner who chooses to be paid by way of an annuity with 30 annual funds. Winners nearly all the time want the money possibility, which for the following drawing Friday evening could be an estimated $448.8 million-plus.
The Mega Tens of millions 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 Tens of millions 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 |
When you or somebody you understand has a playing dependancy, please name the Nationwide Council on Drawback Playing at 1-800-522-4700 to talk to a counselor. Assist can be obtainable through an internet peer assist discussion board at www.gamtalk.org, and extra sources might be discovered at NCPG web site.
Mega Tens of millions by the numbers
Forty-five states plus Washington, D.C., take part within the Mega Tens of millions 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.
