For $2 a ticket, lottery players have a chance to be among the richest people in the world. This if they beat the long-shot odds of 1 in 303 million to win the Mega Millions jackpot of $1.6 billion Tuesday night.
Reuters reports that the sum reached a world record for lottery jackpots. There were no winning numbers for the $1 billion prize on Friday.
Seth Elkin, a spokesman for the Maryland Lottery said about 280 million tickets were sold for Friday’s drawing.