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The Mega Millions jackpot will rollover on Friday (November 25) after zero players matched all six numbers during the $259 million drawing on Tuesday (November 22) night.
The jackpot will now increase to an estimated $284 million ($144.8 million cash value) for Friday night's drawing.
Results from Tuesday's Mega Millions game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 13-23-24-25-43
GOLD BALL: 2
MEGAPLIER: 3x
The Mega Millions jackpot reset after players in Florida and California won the $502 million jackpot on Friday, October 14, 2022.
The Mega Millions jackpot has exceeded the billion mark three times in its existence. In October 2018, a ticket was sold in South Carolina winning $1.537 billion ($878 million cash value), which is the world's largest jackpot for a single ticket and the largest cash value for a single ticket.
The Mega Millions and Powerball games offered a combined jackpot of more than $1.7 billion last year.
Mega Millions' jackpot reached $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $776.6 million on Friday, January 22, 2021, before a player in Michigan matched all six numbers. The jackpot was the second largest cash value ticket in lottery history.
Powerball's jackpot reached $731.1 million, with a cash option worth $546.8 million on Wednesday, January 20 2021, before a player in Maryland matched all six numbers. The jackpot was the third largest cash value for a single ticket in lottery history and the fourth largest in Powerball history.
Both jackpots increase during each following game until there's a winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions "gold ball" or Powerball in each respective game.