Some lucky Texan may win an early and enormous Christmas present this year thanks to the Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Christmas Eve.
Following Friday's drawing in which nobody claimed the top prize again, the jackpot is estimated to be $944 million for the next drawing on Christmas Eve.
It will be the third-highest jackpot drawing of the year. The highest was $1.13 billion on March 26.
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If someone or multiple people win Tuesday, the $944 million jackpot would be the seventh-highest winning jackpot in Mega Millions history. The eighth-highest winning jackpot was won by someone who bought a ticket in Texas earlier this year.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot is $1.6 billion.
Only once in previous years has someone won a jackpot on Christmas Eve. It was back in 2002 but no one ever claimed the prize.
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There have been only three Mega Millions jackpot winners in 2024, which is currently the least in a single year in the lottery's history.