On Saturday, for the fourth time in the history of the Mega Millions lottery, the jackpot amount climbed to $521 million.
No winner has been announced so far.
On Friday night, the winning numbers that were drawn were 11, 28, 31, 46, and 59 with a “mega Ball” of 1.
The drawing follows a Mega Millions drawing on March 27, in which no winning ticket has emerged 23 times in a row.
On January 5, a 20 year old man from Florida bagged the grand prize of $451 million.
As of Friday’s 11 pm ET (0300 GMT) the jackpot drawing was for the tenth largest prize ever offered in the U.S.
Currently Powerball holds the record with a $1.586 billion payout in 2016.
References: reuters.com
