The ultimate storage item could soon be yours – if you beat the long odds.
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an eye-popping $565 million after no tickets were matched on all six numbers drawn last week, the lottery announced Saturday.
If someone wins in the next drawing, the jackpot will be the sixth largest prize in the game’s 20-year history, Mega Millions announced in a news release on its website.
The numbers drawn on Friday night were the white balls 15, 21, 32, 38 and 62, as well as the gold mega ball 8. None of the tickets matched all six winning numbers, but two tickets sold in California and Illinois matched five of them and the game was captured. Second Grand Prize.
31 tickets across the U.S. matched four numbers and the Mega Ball to win the game’s third-tier prize, according to a news release.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last won on Oct. 14, when tickets sold in California and Florida shared a $502 million prize.
In the two decades since Mega Millions began selling tickets, there have been 11 winning jackpots of $500 million or more — including three that have exceeded $1 billion.
The game’s current record jackpot is $1.537 billion, won by a lucky ticket buyer in South Carolina on October 23, 2018.
According to the Smartlock website, the odds of winning the Mega Millions lottery are 1 in 302 million. The next drawing is on December 27th.