More than $400 million was up for grabs last night for the latest Mega Millions drawing, and someone could have hit it big.
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 hold