Drawing nears for $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A $1.1 billion lottery prize will exist on the dash Friday darkness while numbers are drawn for the Mega Millions game.

The colossus jackpot is the nation's third-largest prize with every one other accompanied by is the consequence of 29 consecutive drawings lacking anyone matching all of the game's sextet numbers. That last hour dated someone hit the Mega Millions jackpot was April 15.

Before rushing not here to pay not here $2 on a ticket, retain inside cerebrum that the likelihood of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are a staggering 1 inside 302.5 million.

The $1.1 billion prize is for players who obtain their winnings into and not here of an annuity, paid yearly over 29 years. Nearly all winners lay clasp of the money option, which for Friday's sketch is an estimated $648.2 million.

If no indeed one wins the jackpot Friday night, the prize will grow flat larger ahead of the following sketch Tuesday night.

Drawing nears for $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot