The money prize attached to the most recent edition of the United States’ multi-jurisdictional MegaMillions lottery match has reportedly grown to an estimated $415 million after no participant managed to properly match all six winning numbers through last Friday night’s draw.
Lucrative Tuesday attraction:
According to a Saturday report from vegas -based television broadcaster, KTNV-TV, the lucrative game’s draw is set to occur later today to give at least one blessed lottery aficionado the opportunity to begin 2019 as a multi-millionaire.
Millionaire chance:
Given by the lotteries of 44 American states as well as the District of Columbia and the Unites States Virgin Islands, MegaMillions has reportedly not been hit since awarding just over $1.5 billion via a draw in October. The current jackpot signifies the largest in the game’s history and is set to feature an immediate cash option worth at least $248.8 million.
Quintuple event:
KTNV-TV additionally reported that today’s draw, which will be to attribute estimated odds of one in 302.5 million, is expected to signify the fifth period MegaMillions has held a drawing on the very first day of a new year with the previous match to cover out on this unforgettable holiday coming some twenty years ago.
Each entry into MegaMillions, which is not readily available to gamers in Nevada, Hawaii, Mississippi, Utah, Alabama and Alaska, costs $2 and sees players choose six numbers between you and 70 that they believe will probably be pulled out at a subsequent draw. Although Friday evening’s draw did not award the complete prize, it did reportedly hand out smaller cash amounts worth up to $20,000 to a 1.2 aficionados that had managed to properly select at least a few of the correct numerals.