Don't Forget A Ticket! Friday's Mega Millions Jackpot Grows To Historic $415 Million
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Friday night's Mega Millions drawing will give lottery players a shot at the 10th largest jackpot in U.S. history.
Because no one has won a Mega Millions jackpot since March 8, the prize has steadily grown to an estimated $415 million. That makes it the largest jackpot since a $430 million Powerball prize won by a New Jersey family May 7.
The record prize was a $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won in January by players in three states.
The last Michigan player to win the Mega Millions jackpot was Kelsey Zachow, of Port Huron. Zachow won the game's $66 million jackpot in June 2014.
If a Michigan player win's tonight's $415 million jackpot, it would be the largest Mega Millions prize won in the state. On April 22, 2005, a Port Huron couple, Ralph and Mary Stebbins, won $208 million.
Winning numbers in the Mega Millions game will be drawn at 11 p.m. Eastern time. The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each Mega Millions play is only $1.
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