JACKPOT

The jackpot is the third-largest lottery prize and the biggest in nearly four years.

The Mega Millions jackpot has now ballooned to more than a billion dollars, making it one of the biggest ever.

Jackpot, which aims to modernize the lottery business, has raised money from a number of top sports executives and NBA stars James Hardin and Joel Embiid.

Someone could end 2021 by becoming an instant millionaire.

After 40 drawings without a winner, a single ticket sold at a California grocery store matched all six numbers. The winning jackpot was the seventh-largest in U.S. lottery history.

It was bought in California. The winning numbers were white balls of 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69 and a Powerball number of 15.

Mega Millions jackpot nears $1 billion for Friday's drawing The third-highest lottery prize in U.S. history is on the line in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing — an estimated $970 million.

Sheryll Goedert, 61, managing member of Vacation Life LLC, claimed the $396.9 million jackpot from the POWERBALL® drawing, the Florida Lottery announced. The next POWERBALL drawing will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11, at 10:59 p.m. National POWERBALL drawings are broadcast live, in high-definition, from the Florida Lottery’s state of the art draw studio in Tallahassee. Drawings are also available for viewing on the Florida Lottery website. Winning numbers are available on the Lottery website, at retailers statewide and by phone at (850) 921-PLAY.

Saturday's lottery drawing saw no winners, and the jackpot jumped to almost $1.5 billion. The next chance to win is on Wednesday; but the odds are 1 in 292.2 million. Jericka Duncan reports.