Wins are rare because the odds are so miserable, at 1 in 302.6 million. When a drawing fails to produce a big winner, the prizes roll over for weeks. Bigger prizes sell more lottery tickets, which drives more revenue for the state services lotteries fund.
DES MOINES, Iowa — There is no mystery why the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it theThe prize has ballooned because no one has matched the game's six winning numbers since April 18, amounting to 31 straight drawings without a big winner. The nearlycould be all the sweeter for the person who finally lands the top prize, which is inching toward the record lottery jackpot of $2.04 billion won in 2022 by a player in California.
Steven Tallant, who bought three Mega Millions lottery tickets Monday at the same gas station in Minneapolis, said he doesn't expect to win even a smaller prize. To put that number in perspective, consider that all the tickets sold for last Friday's drawing produced only about 35% of the possible number combinations. That means about 65% of possible combinations — or nearly 200 million options — were not covered. Lottery officials expect that as sales increase ahead of Tuesday night's drawing, the potential combinations covered will rise to just over 41%.
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$1.55 billion Mega Millions prize balloons as 31 drawings pass without a winnerWins are so rare because the odds are so miserable, at 1 in 302.6 million. When a drawing fails to produce a big winner, the prizes roll over for weeks. Bigger prizes sell more lottery tickets, which also drives more revenue for the state services lotteries fund. HOW MANY NUMBER COMBINATIONS ARE THERE? There are roughly 302.6 million possible number combinations for the five white balls and separate gold Mega Ball in Mega Millions.
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