ATLANTA - Feeling lucky? The Mega Millions jackpot has soared past an estimated $600 million for just the fifth time in history.
After no one matched all six numbers during Tuesday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions prize reached a staggering $630 million with a $359.7 million cash option.
If won at that level, it would be the fifth largest prize ever offered in the game, and the largest since $1.050 billion was won in Michigan in January 2021, lottery officials said.
The record Mega Millions jackpot is $1.537 billion, won in South Carolina in October 2018.The next drawing is Friday, July 22 at 11 p.m.