October 8, 2025 – For the first time in 10 months, the Mega Millions® jackpot is approaching the $600 million mark and the excitement is building! After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night – the white balls 17, 26, 33, 45 and 56, plus the gold Mega Ball 19, the estimated jackpot for the next drawing on Friday, October 10, reaches $575 million ($264.6 million cash). If won at that level, it would be the 11th largest jackpot in Mega Millions history!
The number of winning tickets and the total prizes won are also increasing as the jackpot grows. The October 7 drawing produced 360,319 winning tickets across all prize tiers, for total winnings of almost $10.9 million! Three tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize. One was sold in New Jersey;