Although the jackpot keeps increasing, the odds of winning remain at one in 302.5 million. For Mega Millions, your chance of winning is 1 in 302.6 million. Prior to last October, it was 1 in 258.9 million. For Powerball, it’s 1 in 292 million. The chance of winning both is at least 1 in 88 quadrillion (that’s 88 followed by 15 zeros).
Tickets for Friday’s drawing can be purchased until 10:45 p.m. ET. The live drawing will be televised at 11 p.m. ET. Tickets cost $2 each. Officials say that if there isn’t a winner, the prize for Tuesday night’s drawing would be $1.6 billion, tying the largest U.S. lottery prize ever.
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