Monday, November 25

Temptation at stake: Mega Millions and Powerball lottery prizes total $ 842 million

The biggest prize of the lottery Mega Millions since June 2019 is played on Tuesday, January 5 of 2021: an estimated jackpot of $ 432 million dollars ($ 329. 7 million cash after taxes).

If earned at that level in Tuesday’s drawing, it will be the 10th largest prize in the history of the Mega Millions lottery.

Just three years ago, it was won $ 451 million dollar jackpot on January 5, 2018. Will history repeat itself with a big winner soon?

Mega Millions winners in 2020

The jackpot of the lottery Mega Millions was won five times in 2020, and two states took their first jackpot in the game: Arizona , which took the biggest prize of the year with $ 410 million dollars on June 9, and Wisconsin , where one lucky winner earned $ 120 million dollars on 15 September.

Two top prizes of 2020 in New Jersey: $ 202 million on 11 February and $ 123 million on 24 of July. And on 31 July, a winner from California took home a prize of $ 22 million.

Powerball brings a prize of $ 410 million on January 6

The jackpot of the lottery Powerball has risen to an estimated $ 410 million dollars ($ 316. 4 million worth of cash, after tax) for the drawing on January 6.

This is the highest Powerball jackpot since March 2019, when a prize of $ was won . $ 4 million in Wisconsin .

The Powerball jackpot was last won in New York in the draw for 16 September, with a bag of $ 94. 8 million dollars.

From Since then, there have been 31 draws in a row without a Grand Prize winner and the bag continued to grow. Wednesday’s drawing will be the drawing number 32 in the race to win the jackpot of the lottery Powerball.