Powerball, Mega Millions Prizes Top $400M Together For 3rd Time

CONNECTICUT — There are a couple of huge and historic prizes at stake in two popular lottery games to begin 2021.

The Powerball and Mega Millions games have surpassed the $400 million plateau simultaneously for just the third time ever.

As of midday Tuesday, the estimated Powerball payout for the Wednesday drawing was $410,000. The estimated top prize for the Mega Millions game was $432 million for the Tuesday drawing.

The last time both lottery games had jackpots totaling more than $400 each at the same time was back in October 2018.

That sequence led to a record Mega Millions jackpot of $1.537 billion.

According to the CT Lottery, the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302,575,350 and the odds of winning the top Powerball prize is 1-in-292,201,338.