LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Your next chance to strike it rich comes tonight as the latest Mega Millions lottery drawing takes place, with a jackpot of $825 million... if a winning ticket is sold for tonight's drawing.
The winner could opt for 30 annual payments of about $27.5 million each.
The cash option payout would be just over $382 million, or the winner could opt for 30 annual payments of about $27.5 million each. That's all before taxes, of course. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot Friday night are about 1 in 302.6 million.
The cash option payout would be just over $382 million.
The current jackpot is now the second biggest of the year. And it has been rolling since it was last won on September 10th, when a winning ticket was sold in Texas worth $810 million.
