Lottery gamers may have a shot at an estimated $820 million Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot Tuesday evening, lower than per week after somebody hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion.
The massive Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and follows a $1.08 billion prize gained by a participant Wednesday in Los Angeles. California lottery officers haven’t introduced a winner of that prize, which was the sixth-largest in U.S. historical past.
Jackpots within the two lottery video games develop so massive as a result of the steep odds make successful so unlikely, permitting the grand prize to roll over repeatedly. The final time somebody beat Mega Thousands and thousands’ odds of 1 in 203.5 million and gained a jackpot was April 18 — that’s 27 drawings with out a massive winner.
The sport pays out many extra smaller prizes, which begin at $2. The general odds of successful any prize is 1 in 24.
The $820 million prize for Tuesday evening’s drawing is for a sole winner who chooses fee via an annuity, with one rapid fee after which 29 annual allotments. Jackpot winners practically all the time take the money choice, which for Tuesday evening’s drawing can be an estimated $422 million.
Mega Thousands and thousands is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
