Mega Millions Tuesday jackpot surpasses estimated $565M

The vacation procuring season — for Mega Thousands and thousands lottery ticket patrons, at the very least — is ramping up as officers say the estimated jackpot for Tuesday evening’s drawing has surpassed half a billion {dollars}.

As of late Monday, lottery officers estimate Tuesday’s prize at $565 million — or greater than $293 million if delivered in money — after there have been no fortunate winners holding a ticket that matched all six numbers within the final drawing held on Friday.

Tuesday’s drawing can be held at 11 p.m. EST.

Tickets offered in California and Florida for an Oct. 14 drawing shared the final Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot of $502 million. The lottery’s high prize has been constructing anew over 20 drawings held since then.

Lottery officers say there have been 11 successful jackpots of $500 million or extra since Mega Thousands and thousands started in 2002. The report Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot is greater than $1.5 billion, received in 2018, and a jackpot surpassing $1.3 billion was received in Illinois in July.

The biggest U.S. lottery jackpot ever received was $2.04 billion in November. The winner purchased the fortunate Powerball ticket in Southern California.

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