December 25th 2024.
Don't forget to hold onto those lottery tickets you received as stocking stuffers this holiday season. The Mega Millions jackpot has just surpassed an incredible $1 billion, after no one matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. This means that the estimated jackpot for the upcoming Friday drawing is a whopping $1.15 billion, making it potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the history of the game.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Joshua Johnston, the lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, expressed excitement about the upcoming drawing. He mentioned that many people will likely receive tickets as holiday gifts, and what a wonderful gift it would be to end up with a ticket worth $1.15 billion. It's like hitting the jackpot twice!
However, let's not forget that the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. That's a pretty small chance, but hey, someone has to win eventually, right? And even if you don't hit the big one, the odds of winning any prize in Mega Millions are 1 in 24, which is still pretty good. So, don't lose hope – your ticket could still be a winner.
The game is available in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets can be purchased for just $2 each, and half of the proceeds from every ticket sold stay in the state where it was purchased. The drawings take place at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays, so mark your calendars and don't forget to tune in to see if you're the lucky winner.
Johnston also mentioned that there's no better way to celebrate the holidays – whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or any other holiday people choose to celebrate – than by helping fulfill someone's dreams with a prize like this. And let's not forget that there will be winners at all levels of the game, so even if you don't hit the jackpot, you could still walk away with a nice sum of money. So, hold onto those tickets and keep your fingers crossed – you never know, you could be the next Mega Millions millionaire!
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