Mega Millions Jackpot Bumped Up to $1.1 Billion

<p>The Mega Millions jackpot keeps going up&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The jackpot has been adjusted upward for the next drawing on Friday&comma; July 29&period; The big prize is now estimated at &dollar;1&period;1 billion&comma; with a cash value of &dollar;648&period;2 million&period; It was set at &dollar;1&period;02 billion yesterday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If won&comma; it will be the second largest prize in the 20-year history of Mega Millions&comma; behind only the record &dollar;1&period;537 billion won on October 23&comma; 2018&period; That winning ticket was sold in South Carolina&comma; and it remains the world’s largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the 29 drawings since the jackpot was last won in Tennessee on April 15&comma; there have been more than 28&period;1 million winning tickets at all prize levels&comma; including 42 worth &dollar;1 million or more&period; Those big prizes have been won in 17 states across the country&colon; Arizona&comma; Arkansas&comma; California&comma; Delaware&comma; Florida&comma; Georgia&comma; Illinois&comma; Maryland&comma; Massachusetts&comma; New Hampshire&comma; New Jersey&comma; New York&comma; North Carolina&comma; Ohio&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; Texas and Virginia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Four Mega Millions jackpots have been won to date in 2022&comma; in California&comma; New York&comma; Minnesota and Tennessee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mega Millions jackpots start at &dollar;20 million and grow based on game sales and interest rates&period; The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 303 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mega Millions tickets are &dollar;2&period; In most jurisdictions&comma; players can add the Megaplier for an additional &dollar;1 to multiply their non-jackpot prizes&period; Drawings are conducted at 11 p&period;m&period; Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta&comma; Georgia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states&comma; Washington&comma; D&period;C&period;&comma; and the U&period;S&period; Virgin Islands&period; Drawings are held each Tuesday and Friday&period; Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold&comma; where the money supports lottery beneficiaries and retailer commissions&period; Lottery revenues are allocated differently in each jurisdiction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The top Mega Millions jackpots to date&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<table border&equals;"0" align&equals;"left">&NewLine;<tbody>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td><strong>Amount<&sol;strong><&sol;td>&NewLine;<td><strong>Date<&sol;strong><&sol;td>&NewLine;<td><strong>Winning Tickets<&sol;strong><&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>&dollar;1&period;537 billion<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>10&sol;23&sol;2018<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>1-SC<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td><em>&dollar;1&period;100 billion<&sol;em><&sol;td>&NewLine;<td><em>7&sol;29&sol;2022<&sol;em><&sol;td>&NewLine;<td><em>&quest;<&sol;em><&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>&dollar;1&period;050 billion<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>1&sol;22&sol;2021<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>1-MI<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>&dollar;656 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>3&sol;30&sol;2012<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>3-IL&comma; KS&comma; MD<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td>&dollar;648 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>12&sol;17&sol;2013<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td>2-CA&comma; GA<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">&dollar;543 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">7&sol;24&sol;2018<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">1-CA<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">&dollar;536 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">7&sol;8&sol;2016<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">1-IN<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">&dollar;533 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">3&sol;30&sol;2018<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">1-NJ<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1">&dollar;522 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1">6&sol;7&sol;2019<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1">1-CA<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">&dollar;516 million<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">5&sol;21&sol;&sol;2021<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"1" rowspan&equals;"1">1-PA<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<&sol;tbody>&NewLine;<&sol;table>&NewLine;

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