No one won the Mega Millions or Powerball jackpots in the most recent drawings for the two lotteries, and the combined total is now at nearly $2 billion. The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $1.1 billion and the Powerball to $800 million, NBC News reports. If someone matches all six numbers in the Monday Powerball drawing, the prize will be the sixth-largest in the game's history (the largest-ever jackpot: $2.04 billion). The Mega Millions drawing is Tuesday night, and if there's a winner, it will be the fifth-largest jackpot in that game's history (largest-ever jackpot: $1.602 billion).
The big numbers, of course, convinced a lot of people to go out and buy lottery tickets, but KTLA keeps it real with these odds: You have a one in 292.2 million chance of winning the Powerball jackpot, and a one in 302.6 million chance of winning Mega Millions. To further curtail your dreams, a reminder that if you take the lump sum payment option instead of the annuity option, the Powerball jackpot would be around $384.8 million and the Mega Millions $525.8 million—and that's before taxes. If you do happen to beat the odds and win one of the two, USA Today offers tips for what to do next. (More lottery stories.)
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