With no top winner in Friday’s drawing, Mega Millions jackpot rises to $1.05 billion: Report

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One of America's two big jackpot games, Mega Millions, has climbed to over $1 billion following no winning ticket matched all six numbers drawn on 28 July's night, CNN quoted the lottery as saying...

The lottery on Saturday said that now the estimated jackpot for the next drawing on Tuesday night will be around $1.05 billion..

Mega Millions, through its release mentioned that the winner of Tuesdays jackpot will have the option to spread it in annual payments over 29 years, or take a lump-sum option of an estimated $527.9 million..

While, four other tickets -- sold in Arizona, California, New York, and Pennsylvania -- won $1 million by matching the first five numbers without the Megaplier..

To date, the top Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion, which was won in South Carolina in 2018, followed by a $1.348 billion ticket that was sold in Maine in January and a $1.337 billion prize last July..

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