No winner in Mega Thousands and thousands drawing as jackpot reaches $720 million

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $720 million after no profitable ticket was bought — once more. It’s now certainly one of two nationwide lotteries with monumental jackpots however equally monumental odds in opposition to profitable them.

No ticket for Tuesday’s Mega Thousands and thousands drawing matched the white balls 19, 22, 31, 37, 54 and the gold Mega Ball 18.

The brand new jackpot is Mega Million’s seventh largest-ever, the lottery mentioned in a information launch.

On Monday, the nation’s different large lottery recreation — Powerball — additionally went and not using a winner, and its jackpot now stands at an estimated $1 billion, the third-largest ever for that recreation.

For Mega Thousands and thousands, the estimated $720 million jackpot within the subsequent drawing would solely be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years.

Practically all grand prize winners choose to take a money payout, which for Tuesday evening’s drawing was an estimated $369.6 million.

The biggest-ever Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot was $1.537 billion gained by an nameless participant in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018.

Regardless of the sport’s lengthy odds of 1 in 302.6 million, gamers proceed to buy tickets as the dimensions of the grand prize grows.

The final time a Mega Millions player hit the top prize was April 18.

Mega Thousands and thousands is performed in 45 states in addition to in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.