Lottery officials confirm no Mega Millions winner yet
News on 21 Oct 2018
News on 21 Oct 2018
It’s official – the US Mega Millions lottery jackpot was not won last Friday and rolls over to a Tuesday draw at a US record for a lottery of $1.6 billion.
Mega Millions officials confirmed over the weekend that the winning numbers of 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7 were not sold for Friday’s draw.
Gordon Medenica, lead director of the Mega Millions Group, said in a statement Saturday:
“Mega Millions has already entered historic territory, but it’s truly astounding to think that now the jackpot has reached an all-time world record.”
On Tuesday, if a player hits all six numbers to win the jackpot, they can opt for an immediate cash payment of $904 million or receive the $1.6 billion prize over 29 years.
The current jackpot beats the previous record, a $1.586 billion jackpot for a Powerball drawing in 2016, said Seth Elkin, a spokesman for Mega Millions.
The 24 semi-weekly Mega Millions drawings have failed to produce a top winner since July 24, when an 11-member office pool in Santa Clara County, California, shared a $543 million jackpot.
News on 21 Oct 2018
It’s official – the US Mega Millions lottery jackpot was not won last Friday and rolls over to a Tuesday draw at a US record for a lottery of $1.6 billion.
Mega Millions officials confirmed over the weekend that the winning numbers of 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7 were not sold for Friday’s draw.
Gordon Medenica, lead director of the Mega Millions Group, said in a statement Saturday:
“Mega Millions has already entered historic territory, but it’s truly astounding to think that now the jackpot has reached an all-time world record.”
On Tuesday, if a player hits all six numbers to win the jackpot, they can opt for an immediate cash payment of $904 million or receive the $1.6 billion prize over 29 years.
The current jackpot beats the previous record, a $1.586 billion jackpot for a Powerball drawing in 2016, said Seth Elkin, a spokesman for Mega Millions.
The 24 semi-weekly Mega Millions drawings have failed to produce a top winner since July 24, when an 11-member office pool in Santa Clara County, California, shared a $543 million jackpot.
