One month after Powerball’s jackpot reached a record-high $2.04 billion, Mega Millions is offering players another chance at a huge sum of cash.
WASHINGTON — One month after Powerball’s jackpot reached an astonishing, record-high $2.04 billion, Mega Millions is offering lottery players the chance at another huge jackpot.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions grand prize was an estimated $354 million after a stretch of no jackpot winners.
The winning numbers for Tuesday’s drawing were 15-16-19-28-47, Mega Ball 13 and a Megaplier of 3.
Players must match all five numbers and the gold Mega Ball number to win the jackpot. Players face astronomical odds for a jackpot win: 1 in 302.5 million.
The next drawing is Friday, Dec. 9. If there are no jackpot winners from Tuesday’s drawing, the grand prize will continue to climb.
A single Powerball ticket in California won the record-setting $2.04 billion jackpot in November. California law requires winners to come forward publicly, but they have a year to do so.
Last summer, a near-record $1.377 billion Mega Millions jackpot had Americans in a lottery frenzy in July. A winner in Illinois took home the grand prize. Two people came forward to claim it, but chose to stay anonymous.
In October, ticket-holders in California and Florida matched all six Mega Millions numbers, splitting an estimated prize of $494 million.