Some New Yorkers are dreaming of a inexperienced Christmas.
The Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot surged to $1 billion Christmas Eve — sparking hope {that a} fortunate winner may get a last-minute, life-changing present of money when numbers are drawn Tuesday night time.
The staggering jackpot has been rising since a fortunate Texas winner took dwelling a mind-boggling $810 million prize in September.
The jackpot would take the Texas ticket’s place because the seventh largest Mega Hundreds of thousands lottery ever gained.
The most important prize stands at $1.602 billion, gained in Florida in 2023.
The probabilities of taking dwelling the $1 billion sum stands at one in 302,575,350.
Two fortunate New Yorkers already took dwelling lofty prizes forward of Tuesday night time’s massive drawing — a $33,573 Take 5 was claimed in Longwood, Bronx and a $50,000 third prize ticket was bought in Woodside, Queens.
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