What To Watch For?
The next Mega Millions jackpot draw will take place on Friday night. The Powerball jackpot, which has risen to $498 million, will have its next drawing on Wednesday night.
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Surprising Fact
A Mega Millions ticket buyer will have to overcome astronomical odds of 1-in-290.4 million to win the lottery. This is only slightly better than the Powerball jackpot’s even poorer odds of 1-in-292.2 million.
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Key Background
The biggest lottery prize claimed so far this year is a $533 million jackpot won by a Mega Millions ticket buyer from Illinois in March. No other lottery prize has crossed $500 million this year. The biggest claimed Powerball jackpot of the year so far is a $250.8 million prize won by a lottery player from Arkansas.
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