Just in time for Christmas Eve, the Mega Millions jackpot is approaching $1 billion after there were no grand prize winners on Friday.
The winning Mega Millions numbers from Friday, December 20 were 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and Mega Ball 19. Just because a player did not match all six numbers, they shouldn't throw away their tickets because more than two-million tickets won some prize in Friday's drawing, according to Mega Millions.
Five tickets matched all five white balls to win $1 million each.
The next drawing will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 24 with an estimated jackpot of $944 million. The cash option for Tuesday's drawing is $429.4 million.
Only one Mega Millions jackpot has ever been won on Christmas Eve, according to the lottery, but thirteen jackpots have been won in December since the game first began in 2002.
The current $944 million jackpot is on pace to be at least the seventh-largest Mega Millions prize ever and could become the sixth-largest if it passes $1.050 billion, which was the winning amount from 2021.
The winning Mega Millions numbers from Friday, December 20 were 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and Mega Ball 19.
There wasn't a jackpot winner from the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Dec. 20.
The next Mega Millions drawing will take place Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 11 p.m. Eastern time, 8 p.m. Pacific time.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.