A lucky punter in the US reportedly scooped the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot in Friday’s draw, although official confirmation is still pending. https://t.co/pMQmaMlviS — Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 22, 2021What’s the biggest lottery prize in the world? In 2020, the total cash prize pool stood at €2.38 billion ($2.897 billion). The full jackpot is worth €720m but the cash prize pool makes it the biggest cash prize lottery in the world. El Gordo players have a 1/100,000 chance of scooping a winning ticket, compared to odds of one in 302 million (1/302,000,000) of winning the $1.28bn jackpot in Friday’s Mega Millions Jackpot.

Source: CNN July 30, 2022 23:14 UTC