"Mega Millions Jackpot Soars to $735M with No Winner; Weekend Jackpots Exceed $1.2B"

The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to an estimated $735 million after no ticket matched the winning numbers in the recent drawing, with the next drawing set for Tuesday. Two players in Georgia and Texas won the second-tier prize of $1 million by matching all five white balls. The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 302,575,350, and the jackpot was last won on Dec. 8. Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the deadline for purchasing a ticket set for 9:45 p.m. on draw nights.