Mega Millions jackpot jumps up to $555 million for tonight’s drawing

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The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to a whopping $555 million ahead of the next drawing Tuesday night.

It would be the 5th largest jackpot win in Mega Millions history. The estimated cash value is $316.9 million.

You can see the Mega Millions drawing every Tuesday and Friday night on Channel 2 right before WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.

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The first jackpot win of 2022 was a $426 million prize won in California on Jan. 28. The next jackpot that was won happened in New York on March 8, with a prize of $128 million.

The third jackpot of the year, at $110 million, was won in Minnesota on April 12 — that was the state’s first jackpot winner. In the very next drawing, a Tennessee ticket won the $20 million jackpot on April 15.

Here are some interesting facts about Mega Millions:

  • The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 302,575,350 to 1.

  • The largest Mega Millions jackpot won on a single ticket was drawn in October 2018 in South Carolina.

  • That prize was worth $1.537 billion, making it the world’s largest lottery prize won on a single ticket.

  • Six Mega Millions jackpots have been won on a Friday the 13th.

  • There was a jackpot winner in the very first Mega Millions drawing. The drawing on May 17, 2002, resulted in a $28 million winning ticket in Illinois.

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