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Mega Millions® Draws for Over Half-a-Billion Dollars Tuesday

7/17/2022 8:12:16 PM

COLUMBIA, SC (July 18, 2022) – With a $530 million jackpot on the line, Mega Millions® players from coast to coast are feeling the excitement.

At over half-a-billion dollars, Tuesday’s jackpot ranks as the game’s 8th largest. The largest Mega Millions® jackpot worth $1.5 billion was sold in South Carolina in 2018.

If won, Tuesday’s winner can elect to take the whole jackpot paid out in an annuity over 29 years or choose a one-time cash payout of $304.7 million.

The previous drawing saw more than 20,000 winning tickets sold in South Carolina. Nationally, the game produced more than 1.4 million winners.

South Carolinians looking to take a chance on a $530 million jackpot, must purchase $2 Mega Millions® tickets by 10 p.m. on Tuesday for the 11 p.m. drawing.

The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 303 million.

Good luck, South Carolina.

Please, play responsibly.

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