The Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night offers a top prize of an estimated $1.58 billion – which would be the largest jackpot the lottery has ever awarded, according to lottery officials. The whopping prize is up for grabs at 8 p.m. PDT Tuesday after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night, Mega Millions said. A $1.58 billion jackpot would exceed the current Mega Millions record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, it said. Mega Millions said it is the only lottery game that has awarded four jackpots over $1 billion. The all-time record for largest lottery jackpot was a $2.04 billion Powerball prize won last year in California.

Source: CNN August 08, 2023 14:49 UTC