The jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has risen to $1.25 billion.

<div class="block">The jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has risen to $1.25 billion.</div>

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Mega Millions Jackpot Rises to $1.25 Billion

All right. Well, no one won the mega millions jackpot last night. Again, the jackpot now climbs to an estimated 1.25 billion lottery players will have another chance to win in the next drawing on Friday, the last mega millions win happened on April 8 with the lucky winner taking $20 million home in Syracuse, New York mega millions winners can opt to collect a lump sum payment, which after taxes comes out to about 527 million or choose to collect payments annually over 30 years.