![]() The next Mega Millions drawing will be Tuesday at 11 pm ET. The Mega Millions jackpot winnings grew to an estimated $640 million after there were no winners Friday, according to its website. The Powerball isn’t the only massive lottery prize this week. If a lucky winner matches all six numbers Monday night, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $900 million or a lump sum payment estimated at $465.1 million – both before taxes, according to Powerball. There have now been 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner since its April 19 drawing, when a ticket in Ohio matched all six numbers to win a grand prize worth $252.6 million. Only once has a jackpot surpassed 2 billion. Why it matters: Two of the largest Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are now up for grabs after months without grand-prize winners. 26, 2023, there have been eight lottery jackpots that have reached or surpassed 1 billion. $875 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs Saturday as no tickets hit Friday's Mega Millions Bigger prizes and fewer jackpot winners have become the norm since Powerball and Mega Millions made the games harder to win and more enticing to play a few years ago. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ![]() ![]() CALIFORNIA, USA - JULY 11: A person plays lottery at a gas station as giant Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow more than $1B combined, in Trona, California, United States on July 11, 2023.
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