The next chance for a lucky winner is Friday, after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night, according to a Mega Millions press release.
January has a history of great victories for the Mega Millions. There have been 16 jackpots awarded during the month since the start of the 2002 lottery game. This includes three of the best Mega Millions prizes – $ 451 million on January 5, 2018; $ 437 million as of January 1, 2019; and $ 380 million on January 14, 2011.
The cash prize did not break the top 10 in June 2019. The largest amount won with a Mega Millions ticket was $ 1.537 billion in October 2018.
2020 was a great year for Mega Millions players, with five jackpot winners and two first-time winners – including Arizona, where one player won the biggest Mega Millions of the year award with over $ 410 million.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350 in the 45 states in which they play, plus Washington and the US Virgin Islands.