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Mega Millions ups jackpot to $868 million for Friday; check Tuesday's numbers

After nobody won the Tuesday Mega Millions grand prize, the jackpot leaps ever closer to the $1 billion mark.
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A customer holds a stack of Mega Millions lottery tickets which he purchased for his office pool at a convenience store on December 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

It appears nobody won Tuesday night's $667 million Mega Millions jackpot as the lottery game announced the new jackpot for Friday will be an estimated $868 million. That's the second-largest grand prize in U.S. history.

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 3-45-49-61-69, Mega Ball: 9, Megaplier: 5

The cash option for Tuesday, which is favored by nearly all winners, would have been $380 million. The $667 million jackpot refers to the annuity option, paid out over 29 years. It was the third-largest grand prize in U.S. history.

The record lottery jackpot was a $1.6 billion Powerball prize won in January 2016.

Although the Mega Millions prize has grown larger, the odds of winning remain the same, at a dismal one in 302.5 million.

This year, 20-year-old Shane Missler of Port Richey won a $451 million prize on Jan. 5, while Richard Wahl of Vernon, N.J., won $533 million on March 30. In all, three Mega Millions jackpots have been awarded in 2018.

The highest jackpot ever in the game: On March 30, 2012, Mega Millions produced a $656 million jackpot, split three ways.

Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

TEGNA and Florida Today contributed to this story.

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