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6th-Largest Mega Millions Lottery Prize Up for Grabs This Week

Friday's drawing is the sixth-largest Mega Millions jackpot in the game's history, officials said.

ROCKY HILL, CT – An estimated $422 million Mega Millions jackpot, with a cash lump sum option of $254.8 million, is up for grabs in the Friday night drawing, Connecticut Lottery officials said.

Friday’s drawing is the sixth-largest Mega Millions jackpot in the game’s history, officials said.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot was $656 million on March 30, 2012, officials said.

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The overall odds of winning a Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24.0. Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350 million.

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