Mega Million said the jackpot was last won in Illinois on June 4 with a ticket valued at $552 million.
The Mega Million jackpot continues to swell after no winners.The jackpot rose to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million for Tuesday's drawing. It is the seventh-highest jackpot in the game's history. The six higher jackpots have been over $1 billion.Mega Million said the jackpot was last won in Illinois on June 4, with a ticket valued at $552 million. Since then, there have been 27 drawings, but no jackpot prize winners.
Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold.The odds of winning the jackpot are one in more than 302 million. The overall odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24.The top Mega Millions jackpot ticket — $1.6 billion — was sold in Florida in August of last year.Since 2018, Mega Millions has produced six jackpots of over $1 billion dollars, with its largest prize of a stunning $1.602 billion.
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