Mega Millions reaches nearly $1B before Friday night draw

Writer: Nicholas Karsen
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FILE – The awnings of a store advertise the sale of lottery tickets, including Mega Millions, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. The Mega Millions prize has grown to an estimated $1.05 billion for the Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, drawing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Mega Millions jackpot has evaded players yet again as the prize reaches $977 million right before Friday night’s drawing.

The lottery website reports that this jackpot is the sixth time in the game’s nearly 22-year history to close in or over $1 billion.

According to Mega Millions, the last jackpot winner was announced on Dec. 8, 2023, with two tickets in California.

A winning ticket from Florida holds the honor of the highest amount of money won from the lottery, with $1.6 billion won by Saltine’s Holdings, LLC in Neptune Beach in 2023.

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