No tickets matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, causing the jackpot to jump from $825 million to a staggering $944 million for the next drawing on Christmas Eve. This marks the 29th consecutive drawing without a grand prize winner, leading to the biggest prize of the year. A lucky winner on Christmas Eve could claim a lump sum of $429 million.
FILE – A person holds up their Mega Millions lottery tickets in New York City on August 8, 2023. Lottery officials on Saturday said no tickets matched all six numbers pulled Friday night, which means the pot has swelled from $825 million to nearly $1 billion. It marked the 29th consecutive drawing without a big winner, stretching all the way back to Sept. 10.!” the lottery announced. “A massive prize currently estimated at $944 million is on tap for the next drawing on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Should a ticketholder match all the numbers pulled on Christmas Eve, they could walk away with a lump-sum cash payout of around $429 million. A win would make them only the third person to nab the jackpot in 2024, marking the fewest won in any single year since the game began. It would also mark just the second time in the lottery’s 22-year history that a jackpot has been won on Christmas Eve.
“That was in the game’s very first year, yet the $68 million prize won in New York on Dec. 24, 2002, eventually went unclaimed,” according to Mega Millions.Fleeting showers expected across San Diego County on Christmas EveMillions of people may get expanded Social Security benefits.
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