The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to $1.280 billion for tonight’s drawing, making it the second largest Mega Millions jackpot in the game’s history. The cash option for tonight’s jackpot is $747 million. The Michigan Lottery says as of 11 a.m. Friday, Michigan players have purchased 4.5 million tickets at retailers for the drawing, with more than 900,000 of those tickets bought Friday. On average, players have been buying about 129,000 tickets per hour. The $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot is the thirds largest jackpot in U.S. history. The number 1 jackpot was a $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by three players in 2016. Lottery officials note the growing Mega Millions jackpot is providing a boost to the state School Aid Fund. For every $1 spent on Lottery tickets, roughly 61 cents goes to prizes, 28 cents goes to the School Aid Fund, 9 cents goes to retailer and vendor commissions, and 2 cents is used for Lottery operations. Your odds of winning the Mega Millions are one in 302 million.
