Mega Millions Jackpot Jumps to $380 Million for October 4

<p>The Mega Millions jackpot keeps rolling along&excl; No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night – the white balls 16&comma; 26&comma; 37&comma; 40 and 51&comma; plus the gold Mega Ball 6 – so the big prize rolls to an estimated &dollar;380 million &lpar;&dollar;198&period;4 million cash&rpar; for the next drawing on Tuesday&comma; October 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were still plenty of winners on the last day of September – a total of 738&comma;193 winning tickets at all prize levels were sold for the September 30 drawing&period; Twenty-two tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the game’s third prize&period; Four of those are worth &dollar;40&comma;000 each because they included the optional Megaplier &lpar;a &dollar;1 extra purchase available in most states&rpar;&comma; which was 4X Friday night&period; The other 18 third-prize tickets win &dollar;10&comma;000 each&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since the jackpot was last won on July 29&comma; there have been more than 10&period;3 million winning tickets at all prize levels&comma; including 18 worth &dollar;1 million or more&period; Those big prizes have been won in 12 states across the country&colon; Georgia&comma; Indiana&comma; Iowa&comma; Kentucky&comma; Nebraska&comma; New York&comma; Ohio&comma; Oklahoma&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; Texas&comma; Virginia and Wisconsin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The five Mega Millions jackpots won to date this year showcase how the game can be won anytime&comma; anywhere&period; A whopping &dollar;1&period;337 billion was won in Illinois on July 29&comma; the second-largest prize in Mega Millions history&period; That came long after a &dollar;20 million win in Tennessee on April 15&period; Three other jackpots were won earlier in the year&colon; &dollar;426 million in California on January 28&comma; &dollar;128 million in New York on March 8&comma; and &dollar;110 million in Minnesota on April 12&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Powerball jackpot is also in the &dollar;300 million range&period; The jackpot value is &dollar;336 million for Powerball with the next drawing on Monday&comma; October 3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;