Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $515M for Friday's drawing

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $515M for Friday's drawing
There was no jackpot winner in Tuesday night's Mega Millions lottery drawing.

There was no winner in Tuesday night's drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot.

Now the $475 million prize will grow to about $515 million for Friday night's drawing.

There were five tickets that won at least $1 million on Tuesday night.

None of them were sold in our area.

The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night! You can watch it on channel 7 right before Eyewitness News at 11, and also here online at abc7ny.com.

There has been no winner in the multi-state lottery in three months.

The last winners of the $96 million prize were from New York state.

Meantime, it might not be half a billion dollars but $201 million is up for grabs in the Powerball drawing Wednesday night.

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