Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots up to a combined $878 million

ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots keep growing
There were no winners in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The jackpots continue to rise in the Mega Millions and Powerball drawings, seen live on Channel 7 before Eyewitness News at 11.

There was no winner in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, sending the jackpot to $418 million for Friday night's drawing.

The winning Mega Millions numbers drawn on Tuesday night were:

1-42-64-47-70 and Mega Ball 22. The Megaplier was 4x.

The Powerball jackpot grew even bigger at $460 million for Wednesday's drawing. That's the ninth largest in Powerball history.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night's Powerball drawing are 42-39-18-2-37 and Powerball 12. The Power Play Multiplier is 3x.

It's the second time that Powerball and Mega Millions have had jackpots bigger than $300 million at the same time.

No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since October 13, 2017, while Powerball has not had a jackpot winner since October 25.

RELATED: The biggest lottery jackpots of all time.

The largest Powerball jackpot on record was $1.586 billion, which was won last January.

The biggest Mega Millions jackpot dates back to 2012 when three winners split $656 million.

You can watch the drawings on ABC 7 just before Eyewitness News at 11.

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