The Mega Millions jackpot continued to rise ahead of the Tuesday, Sept. 23, drawing, coming in at an estimated $451 million after no one won the top prize on Friday, Sept. 19.

If someone had matched all six numbers, they would have the option of a one-time cash payment of $208.7 million.

However, since no one won the jackpot, it rose once again to $474 million ahead of the drawing scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26.

This year, there have been four Mega Millions winners . The most recent winner, from Virginia , claimed a jackpot of $348 million on June 27. Before that, an Ohio player won a $112 million jackpot on April 18. On March 25, a lucky ticket holder in Illinois took home $344 million, and earlier in the year, on Jan. 17, another winner in Arizona won $113 million. Looki

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