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Friday’s (November 7) Mega Millions jackpot will be worth an estimated $843 million ($391.7 million cash option) after after zero players matched all six numbers during the $800 million ($371.7 million cash value) drawing on Tuesday (November 4) night.
The drawing will be the eighth largest in Mega Millions’ history and the 14th largest in U.S. lottery history. The Mega Millions jackpot reset after a single ticket sold in Virginia matched all six numbers during the estimated $348 million Mega Millions drawing on June 27, according to MegaMillions.com.
Friday’s drawing will take place at 11:00 p.m. ET and be the 38th consecutive drawing since the last Mega Millions jackpot, which is the longest streak without a winner since the game was launched in 2002, with the previous record of 37 drawings ending on the January 22, 2021 drawing worth $1.05 billion.
“While the jackpot remains elusive, the number of winners — and total prizes won — continues to grow,” lottery officials said via ABC News. “Through this jackpot run to date, there have been almost 11.7 million winning tickets at all levels, with total prizes exceeding $274 million thanks to significant enhancements in the lower-tier prizes after the game changed last April.”
A total 256 third-tier winning tickets ranging from $20,000 to $100,000 have been sold during the current Mega Millions run, according to lottery officials. The last prior jackpot winners included one player in Ohio winning the $112 million drawing on April 18; one player in Illinois winning the $349 million drawing on March 25; and one player in Arizona winning the $112 million drawing on January 17.