Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $785M following no indeed large winner

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to USD785M following no indeed indeed large winner

The earliest Mega Millions sketch of the new year will exist a large one while no indeed indeed one won Friday night™s estimated USD685 million jackpot.

The top prize increased to USD785 million ahead of the following sketch Tuesday night.

No ticket purchased for the lottery matched all sextet numbers drawn Friday night, Mega Millions said inside a statement early Saturday.

The numbers selected Friday were: 1, 3, 6, 44, 51 accompanied by every one one other accompanied by gold medal medal Mega Ball 7.

The jackpot has grown so large gratitude to lengthy likelihood of one inside 302.6 million that have resulted inside 22 unswerving drawings lacking a large winner.

The estimated USD785 million prize is for a winner who chooses to exist paid into with every one other accompanied by not here of an annuity, accompanied by yearly checks over 29 years. Nearly all winners opt for cash, which for the following sketch would exist an estimated USD395 million.

The jackpot is the largest since a USD2.04 billion Powerball prize was won Nov. 8 inside California. A winner hasn™t been announced for that record-setting payout.

On only trio foregoing occasions has the Mega Millions jackpot gone on the a lengthy way side of USD700 million, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by all trio times those rolls continued on past USD1 billion, Mega Millions said.

Mega Millions is played inside 45 states while well while Washington, D.C., accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the U.S. Virgin Islands.