After 13 consecutive drawings without a winner, the Mega Millions jackpot is up to $244 million, or a cash prize of $155.7 million. The run-up to the current jackpot began on Feb. 4 with a $12 million jackpot that went unclaimed.
No tickets claimed Friday's jackpot either.
Each ticket has a 1 in 172 million chance of winning the jackpot, according to newjerseynewsroom.com. In comparison, the chances of picking a perfect March Madness bracket are 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808.
While the prize isn't the largest in Mega Millions history, it certainly has had people coming out in droves to try their luck. This is one of many recent large jackpots, and the second-largest in history was drawn in January, when two lucky winners split a prize of $355 million.
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