Mega Millions jackpot reaches $800 million, seventh-largest win ever

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Lottery players dreaming of a big payday at the end of the summer are keeping an eye on the Mega Millions game, where the jackpot is now at $800 million after no one matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing.

Friday's numbers were 6, 23, 41, 59 and 63, plus the golden Mega Ball 25.

Tuesday's drawing is for the game's seventh-largest jackpot, with $800 million for the annuity option and just over $400 million for the cash option. The game's largest win was $1.602 billion in August 2023.

Only two people have won a jackpot so far this year. On June 4, a lucky player in Illinois took home $560 million. In New Jersey, a player won over $1.1 billion in March and hasn't claimed the money.

Across the country, winners in six states won a $1 million prize Friday for matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball. Another 49 tickets matched four numbers and the Mega Ball. Most of those won a $10,000 prize, and 10 included a Megaplier bonus that doubled the prize to $20,000.

Drawings take place on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. in Atlanta.

And don't start planning your fall vacation just yet. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, according to lottery authorities.