Washington Times · Jan 11, 2023
Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches second-highest amount, $1.35 billion
A Mega Millions lottery slip is displayed at Lucky Mart in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. After no one won Tuesday’s drawing, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot hit $1.35 billion, its second-highest tally. Sixteen won the second-tier prize of ...After no one won Tuesday’s drawing, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot hit $1.35 billion, its second-highest tally. Sixteen won the second-tier prize of $1.3 million.
The next drawing will be held Friday. If the $1.35 billion is won that night, then the prize, which proffers $707,900,000 if one takes the lump cash option, would be second only to a $1.537 billion jackpot won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018.