The Mega Millions lottery is drawing significant attention as its jackpot has reached an estimated $900 million for the upcoming drawing on Tuesday, November 11. This amount, which equates to approximately $415.3 million in cash, marks the eighth-largest jackpot in the game's history. The current jackpot is notable as it approaches the $1 billion threshold and is only the third instance in which the Mega Millions jackpot has reached this level since a record of $1.602 billion was won in Florida on August 8, 2023.
In the previous drawing held on Friday, a total of 688,058 tickets won non-jackpot prizes, amounting to over $13.8 million in winnings. The last jackpot winner occurred on June 27 in Virginia, with prior significant wins in Ohio, Illinois, and Arizona earlier in the year. The largest Mega Millions jackpot to date, recorded at $1.692 billion, was also won in August 2023.
Mega Millions tickets are available for purchase in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The typical cutoff time for ticket sales is one to two hours before the scheduled drawings, which take place at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia. The overall odds of winning any prize in Mega Millions are 1 in 23, while the odds of winning the jackpot stand at 1 in 290,472,336. As interest in the lottery continues to grow, many individuals are preparing for the next drawing in hopes of securing a life-changing prize.