The Mega Millions grand prize jackpot has climbed once again and is surely nearing $1 billion.

No one won the big $820 million jackpot in Tuesday night’s drawing, so the jackpot has grown to $940 million. There is a cash option of $472.5 million.

Tuesday’s winning numbers were: 44-6-61-3-5 Megaball: 25 Interestingly, Tuesday night’s Megaball was the second Megaball of 25 in a row.

This jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize ever.

The Mega jackpot has been growing since it was last won in New York on April 18, and it’s the second consecutive July that Mega Millions has reached this level.

Likewise, the Powerball jackpot was growing for a while until someone in California won the $1 billion jackpot.

Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)

2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, and Tennessee)

3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)

4. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket from Maine)

5. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)

6. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)

7. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)

8. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)

9. $774.6 million, Powerball, Feb. 6, 2023 (one ticket, from Washington state)

10. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)

For more information about the New York lottery and to see lottery results, please visit nylottery.ny.gov

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