Mega Hundreds of thousands Capping Off Wild Lottery Yr With $565M Jackpot
Mega Hundreds of thousands and Powerball had a yr in contrast to every other in 2022. For the primary time of their lengthy histories, each video games delivered 10-figure jackpots in the identical yr. And Mega Hundreds of thousands isn’t completed with 2022.
A Mega Hundreds of thousands participant chooses six numbers. The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot for the sport’s Dec. 27 drawing is an estimated $565 million. (Picture: Getty)
With simply two drawings remaining this yr, Mega Hundreds of thousands is able to make historical past but once more in 2022. With no tickets matching the six successful numbers throughout the drawing final Friday, Dec. 23, the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot for tomorrow evening is an estimated $565 million.
Mega Hundreds of thousands officers say at $565 million, the drawing is already poised to turn out to be the richest lottery jackpot prize ever supplied throughout the remaining week of any yr. If no ticket matches the successful numbers tomorrow evening, the jackpot will roll over for the Friday, Dec. 30, Mega Hundreds of thousands drawing.
As we transfer previous Christmas, the most important Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot ever supplied within the final week of any calendar yr is ready for Tuesday, Dec. 27,” a Mega Million assertion learn. “If the jackpot is received on Tuesday, it will be the sixth largest prize within the historical past of the sport.”
The biggest Mega Hundreds of thousands prize ever received occurred throughout the Oct. 23, 2018, drawing, when a single participant in South Carolina received a $1.537 billion prize. The lottery recreation’s second-largest jackpot was hit simply this yr, when a single ticket bought in Illinois received the July 29 drawing to assert a $1.337 billion prize.
Historic Yr
No yr has ever been pretty much as good for lottery gamers as 2022 — at the least when it comes to life-changing jackpots.
It was solely final month {that a} single ticket bought in California received a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot. It was the primary time ever within the US {that a} lottery jackpot was upwards of $2 billion.
The report win simply bested the earlier all-time richest jackpot received in US historical past, a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot that was break up 3 ways in January 2016.
2022 was a banner yr for Powerball and Mega Hundreds of thousands. The video games recurrently noticed their jackpots develop to headline-generating highs, as 5 of the highest 25 largest lottery jackpots have been hit throughout the previous 12 months.
If Mega Hundreds of thousands is hit earlier than the New Yr, 2022 will account for six of the highest 25 largest jackpots ever received. A $565 million jackpot would rank no. 16 all-time within the US.
Powerball Tops $200M
Although Powerball’s record-setting achievements are completed for 2022, the opposite common interstate lottery recreation has three extra drawings earlier than the yr is finished.
Powerball’s estimated jackpot for its drawing tonight is $201 million. The sport is drawn thrice per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
To crack the highest 25 largest lottery jackpots checklist, the Powerball prize might want to balloon shortly to at the least $473.1 million for the sport’s drawing on New Yr’s Eve.
The chances of successful the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot is one in 302.5 million. Powerball is barely higher at one in about 292 million.
