Mega Millions numbers for the $ 750 million jackpot announced

One of the biggest jackpots in the history of the United States will get even bigger, as there was no winner in Friday’s Mega Millions $ 750 million main prize draw.

The numbers were 3, 11, 12, 38, 43, with a Mega Ball of 15 and would mark the fifth largest jackpot ever drawn.

Mega Millions estimated that its next prize would be $ 850 million, which would be the third largest ever. The draw is on Tuesday.

Lottery players still have a chance to win big with Saturday’s draw for a $ 640 million Powerball main prize, the eighth largest jackpot. The chances of winning are one in 292.2 million.

It has been almost two years since a lottery prize has grown so much. No one has won the top prize in either game in months.

The listed jackpot values ​​refer to the winners who choose an annuity, paid over 30 years. Winners almost always choose cash prizes, which for Powerball would be $ 478.7 million. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $ 628.2 million.

Mega Millions and Powerball are played in 45 states, as well as in Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico.

A look at the top 10 US jackpots that were won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:

1. $ 1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
2. $ 1.537 billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018 (one ticket, South Carolina)
3. $ 768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, Wisconsin)
4. $ 758.7 million, Powerball, August 23, 2017 (one pass, from Massachusetts)
5. $ 687.8 million, Powerball, October 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)

6. $ 656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)
7. $ 648 million, Mega Millions, December 17, 2013 (two tickets, from California and Georgia)
8. $ 590.5 million, Powerball, May 18, 2013 (one pass, from Florida)
9. $ 587.5 million, Powerball, November 28, 2012 (two tickets, from Arizona and Missouri)
10. $ 564.1 million, Powerball, February 11, 2015 (three tickets, from North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas)

Associated Press contributed to this report

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