- The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot climbed to $1 billion forward of a Christmas Eve drawing.
- If somebody wins on Tuesday, they’ll rating the seventh-largest prize within the sport’s historical past.
- The lump sum money possibility is about $448.8 million, based on the Mega Hundreds of thousands web site.
One fortunate lotto participant may get up to a billion-dollar Christmas morning this yr.
The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot hit an estimated $1 billion on Tuesday forward of the Christmas Eve drawing, based on the Mega Hundreds of thousands web site.
If somebody does rating a six-number profitable ticket on Tuesday, the jackpot can be the most important prize ever received in December and the seventh-largest within the sport’s historical past.
Selecting the lump sum money possibility would lower the prize cash in half to about $448.8 million, based on the Mega Hundreds of thousands web site. Winners can even select annual funds over time. Mega Hundreds of thousands winnings are topic to state and federal earnings taxes.
No person has received the jackpot since September, when a Texan nabbed $810 million. The pot has continued to climb within the earlier 29 drawings.
A number of of the largest-ever lotto jackpots have occurred lately.
A California man received a whopping $2.04 billion Powerball — the largest-ever lotto prize — in 2022. Earlier this yr, a distinct California man claimed a $1.7 billion Powerball prize.
The biggest Mega Hundreds of thousands prize, in the meantime, went to a Florida winner final yr who received a $1.6 billion jackpot.
The chances of profitable the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot are about one in 302,575,350, based on the Lotto web site.
If somebody wins on Tuesday, they would not be the primary Christmas Eve Mega Hundreds of thousands winner. A $68 million jackpot was received in 2022, however no person ever claimed the prize, ABC Information reported.
