Current：Home > NewsSignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center:Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion ahead of Friday night drawing -Capitatum
SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center:Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion ahead of Friday night drawing
Rekubit Exchange View
Date：2025-04-11 07:32:35
The SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Centernext drawing for Mega Millions' mega-billion jackpot is Friday night.
The lottery game's jackpot has grown over several months to an estimated $1.25 billion. That figure would be the fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever and the sixth-largest in U.S. lotto history when also factoring in Powerball jackpots.
The estimated cash payout for the top prize is $625.3 million.
The jackpot has continued to climb since it was last won on April 18. Friday's drawing marks the 31st in this current run.
"There's always an air of excitement around the country when Mega Millions jackpots soar," Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement. "The growing jackpot is a source of entertainment and winnings for players while generating important dollars for the good causes supported by each lottery. We are grateful for our players, appreciate our hardworking retailers, and remind everyone to play responsibly."
MORE: Winning ticket for $1 billion Powerball jackpot sold in California
Players must match all five numbers plus the Mega Ball number to claim the jackpot. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
The previous four $1 billion Mega Million jackpots were won in 2018, 2021, 2022 and January 2023.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 for one play. Friday's drawing takes place at 11 p.m. ET.
veryGood！ (367)
Related
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Gen Z is the most pro union generation alive. Will they organize to reflect that?
- Across the Boreal Forest, Scientists Are Tracking Warming’s Toll
- Ron DeSantis threatens Anheuser-Busch over Bud Light marketing campaign with Dylan Mulvaney
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- The inverted yield curve is screaming RECESSION
- Why sanctions don't work — but could if done right
- Jada Pinkett Smith Teases Possible Return of Red Table Talk After Meta Cancelation
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- Newly elected United Auto Workers leader strikes militant tone ahead of contract talks
Ranking
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- How America's largest newspaper company is leaving behind news deserts
- Timeline: The disappearance of Maya Millete
- How Climate and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Undergirds the Ukraine-Russia Standoff
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Why Do Environmental Justice Advocates Oppose Carbon Markets? Look at California, They Say
- Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism'
- New Mexico Wants it ‘Both Ways,’ Insisting on Environmental Regulations While Benefiting from Oil and Gas
Recommendation
Travis Hunter, the 2
New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Would Protect Activists and Whistleblowers From Abusive Lawsuits
Texas A&M Shut Down a Major Climate Change Modeling Center in February After a ‘Default’ by Its Chinese Partner
Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
Hawaii's lawmakers mull imposing fees to pay for ecotourism crush
Chipotle and Sweetgreen's short-lived beef over a chicken burrito bowl gets resolved