KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The numbers for the Christmas Eve Mega Millions $1 billion jackpot have been drawn.
The grand prize for Tuesday night’s Christmas Eve drawing crossed the billion-dollar mark for only the seventh time in the game’s history, according to the lottery . The cash option is $448.8 million .
The six numbers drawn Tuesday night are: 11, 14, 38, 45, and 46, plus the gold Mega Ball 3.
If someone wins, it would be the largest Mega Millions prize ever in December and only the second win on Christmas Eve.
The Mega Millions jackpot has only been won three times this year, the fewest wins in a single year since the game began.
The jackpot was last won in Texas on September 10. Since then, there have been 29 drawings but nobody has taken home the grand prize.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each.
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