The Mega Million Jackpot Has Skyrocketed To 1.02 Billion Dollars After No Winner

The lottery said that the Mega Millions jackpot has skyrocketed to $1.02 billion after no ticket matched all six winning numbers in Tuesday night's drawing. All jurisdictions have reported, and no one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot. So, the bank will roll to $1,025,000,000 for Friday $602.5 million cash, lottery spokesperson Marie Kilbane told CNN in an email.

Tuesday night's winning numbers were 7, 29, 60, 63, 66, and the Mega Ball 15. The next drawing will be Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Although no one hit the jackpot Tuesday, some winners claimed big prizes. Eight tickets won $1 million each after matching the first five numbers. And the prize for another winning ticket sold in Ohio matching the first five numbers was $3 million because it included an optional Megaplier purchased for $1 extra.

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If there is a winning ticket Friday, the $1.02 billion jackpot will be the third largest Mega Millions jackpot prize in the game's 20-year history, according to the Mega Millions website. The largest Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion on October 23, 2018, for a ticket sold in South Carolina, the lottery said. A group of four players won a $1.05 billion jackpot in Michigan on January 22, 2021.

Over 24 hours, traffic to the Mega Millions website reached 62 million requests, Kilbane said. There was so much traffic to the Mega Millions website Tuesday night that soon after the 11 p.m. drawing, the website was down for a time though it appeared to improve as traffic slowed. This year, they won Four Mega Millions jackpots in Tennessee, California, New York, and Minnesota.