What Should You Do If You Win The Mega Millions Jackpot?
The Mega Millions is up to $810 million, leading tons of Americans to purchase tickets to grab their share of the hopeful pot.
LEARN MORE$785M Mega Millions Prize Is 6th Largest In U.S. History
There have been 22 straight drawings without a big winner, allowing the Mega Millions prize to roll over and keep growing.
Wilfredo Lee / AP
January 3, 2023
An estimated $785 million Mega Millions jackpot set for Tuesday night will give lottery players a chance to start the new year with a lucrative bang.
The big prize is the sixth-largest jackpot in U.S. history and has grown so large because no one has matched all six of the game's numbers for more than two months. There have been 22 straight drawings without a big winner, allowing the prize to roll over and keep growing.
The jackpot-winning drought isn't surprising given the miserable odds of one in 302.6 million of winning the top prize.
The $785 million jackpot is for a winner who chooses to be paid through an annuity over 29 years. Nearly all winners opt for a cash payout, which for Tuesday night's drawing would be an estimated $395 million.
The jackpot is the largest since someone in California won a record $2.04 billion Powerball prize on Nov. 8. There still has not been an announced winner of that jackpot.
Additional reporting by The Associated Press.
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