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The Mega Millions jackpot will rollover on Tuesday (December 10) after zero players matched all six numbers during the $579 million drawing Friday (December 6) night.
The jackpot will now increase to an estimated $619 million ($297.7 million cash value) for Tuesday night's drawing.
Results from Friday's Mega Millions game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 16-21-33-39-45
GOLD BALL: 24
MEGAPLIER: 2x
The Mega Millions jackpot reset after a single ticket sold in Texas matched all six numbers during the estimated $800 million Mega Millions drawing on September 10. The Mega Millions jackpot reset after a player in Illinois won the $560 million drawing on June 4.
The jackpot previously reset after a player in New Jersey won the $1.13 billion drawing on March 26, which was the fifth largest in the game's history and the eighth largest in U.S. history. The Mega Millions jackpot previously reset after two players in California won the $395 million drawing on December 8.
In January 2023, the jackpot reset four times, which included one player in Maine winning the estimated $1.35 billion drawing on January 14, one player in New York winning the following $20 million drawing on January 17, one player in Massachusetts winning the $31 million drawing on January 24 and another player in Massachusetts winning the $31 million drawing on January 31. The January 14, 2023 Mega Millions drawing was the second-highest in the game's history and offered the fourth-largest jackpot in the U.S. lottery history.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are reported to be 1 in 302.5 million, according to MegaMillions.com.