"Record Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $1.1B with No Winner"

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.1 billion after no tickets matched the winning numbers in the recent drawing, with five players winning $1 million and one player in Virginia winning $3 million. The next drawing will offer the grand prize of $1.1 billion, with a cash option of $525.8 million, and the odds of winning are 1 in 302,575,350. The jackpot, which was last won in December, is now the fifth-largest prize ever offered by the game, and the deadline for purchasing a ticket is 9:45 p.m. on draw nights.