{"id":958,"date":"2026-06-24T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:39:36","slug":"mega-millions-jackpot-nears-500-million-heres-what-the-winner-could-take-home-after-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=958","title":{"rendered":"Mega Millions Jackpot Nears $500 Million\u2014Here\u2019s What The Winner Could Take Home After Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>What To Watch For?<\/h2>\n<p>The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled to take place on Friday night. The Powerball jackpot, which has risen to $327 million, will have its next drawing on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=956\">All Three Mamdani-Endorsed Candidates Win Key Democratic Congressional Primaries<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Big Number<\/h2>\n<p>1-in-290.4 million. Those are the astronomical odds a Mega Millions ticket buyer will need to overcome to win the jackpot. This is only slightly better than the Powerball jackpot\u2019s odds of 1-in-292.2 million. <\/p>\n<h2>Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>In March, a Mega Millions ticket sold in Illinois <u>won a $533 million jackpot<\/u>, which remains the biggest lottery prize of the year so far. The biggest <u>Powerball jackpot<\/u> of the year so far is a $250.8 million prize claimed by a lottery player from Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=954\">Trump\u2019s \u2018Great American State Fair\u2019 Is In 2 Days\u2014These States Aren\u2019t Showing Up<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>further reading<\/h2>\n<p>Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Illinois Wins $533 Million\u2014Here\u2019s What They Could Take Home (Forbes)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=952\">JFK\u2019s Grandson Jack Schlossberg Finishes Distant Third In New York Congressional Race<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest lottery prize of the year so far was a $533 Mega Millions jackpot won by a ticket buyer from Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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