No tickets matched the six numbers from last Friday, meaning that the next chance for a happy winner to win the prize is Tuesday, according to a Mega Millions press release.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350 in the 45 states where it is played, plus Washington and the US Virgin Islands, says Mega Millions on its website.
The highest amount won by a Mega Millions ticket was $ 1.537 billion in October 2018. This is the first time since that the jackpot has exceeded $ 600 million.
January is a great month for Mega Millions winners – 16 jackpots have been awarded during the month of January since the start of the lottery game in 2002, according to the Mega Millions website. This includes two of Mega Millions’ top 10 prizes – $ 451 million on January 5, 2018 and $ 437 million on January 1, 2019.