Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $1 billion

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Entertainment News, National News

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Nobody won the $940 million Mega Millions drawing Friday night, so the jackpot has now risen to $1.05 billion for the next drawing.

Would-be multi-millionaires bought tickets before last night’s drawing. No one matched all the winning numbers.

The cash option is worth close to $528 million.   

Check your tickets to see if you have any of the winning numbers.

They are: 

  • 5 
  • 10 
  • 28 
  • 52 
  • 63 
  • Mega Ball: 18. 

Your odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302 million.

The next drawing will be Tuesday, August 1.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.