Mega Millions jackpot now $1.1 billion, nation's 3rd largest (are YOU buying tickets?)

[Omaha Steve]

Bruce Gideos, manager at Pierre's Place, in Chesterfield, N.H., prints out Mega Millions tickets on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The Mega Millions jackpot has topped $1 billion before Friday's drawing. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

This is a current event. Marta and I bought extra tickets. We buy for every drawing. Lets have some fun with this.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the nation’s biggest lottery prizes got a little bigger Thursday as the Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.1 billion.

The increase ahead of Friday night’s drawing makes the jackpot the third largest, behind $1.5 billion prizes won in 2018 and 2016.

The Mega Millions prize has grown so large because it has been more than three months since anyone matched the game’s six numbers and snagged the jackpot. That amounts to 29 consecutive drawings without a winner.

Before rushing out to spend $2 on a ticket, keep in mind that the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are a staggering 1 in 302.5 million.

FULL story: https://apnews.com/article/iowa-63aa062d2162e8eee54a4787a3331eff

43 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I'm buying our usual amount of tickets
	8 (19%)
	I only buy tickets when the jackpot gets real big like now
	21 (49%)
	I'm buying extra tickets
	4 (9%)
	I haven't decided if I'm getting any tickets or not yet
	3 (7%)
	I'm not buying any tickets ever
	5 (12%)
	I bought into a group at work etc. that are going in together
	1 (2%)
	My state doesn't have lotto, so I crossed the state line to buy
	0 (0%)
	other please explain
	1 (2%)
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