Christmas Cash: Mega Millions Jackpot Nears $1 Billion
Great beard of Santa! The Mega Millions jackpot is rapidly approaching $1 Billion, with an estimated $944,000,000 drawing set for Christmas Eve. This is around the number where we are bound to say it is worth the drive to California or Arizona.
On Friday, December 20th, the drawing for the interstate Mega Millions jackpot didn’t hit with the numbers 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and a Mega Ball of 19. Five people did win $1 million consolation prizes, but that’s not the big kahuna.
With that, the jackpot rises once again, as does your absolutely foolish daydream that you have a shot of winning it. So hop in the station wagon and get ready to haul it to Primm to get your hands on some quick picks. You’ll have to buy your ticket by 7pm on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24th to have it in time for the drawing at 8pm.
Who knows, Santa could leave some cash in your stocking.
Mega Millions Jackpot Available To Most Of America
Unfortunately here in Puritan Nevada, playing the lottery (and things like DraftKings and FanDuel) are considered the devil, and therefore are not legal to play. Because after all, gambling is immoral. Right?
But Nevadans can play if they are willing to take the hike north or south on Interstate 15, or south on Interstate 11. One of the most convenient new stops to play is the Terrible’s just past Primm near the California agriculture stop. The location is spacious and will certainly take a lot of the pressure off of the California lottery stop right at Primm.
Your Chances Are Low
Just know that your odds of winning the whole thing are beyond small. The odds of correctly getting five balls between 1-70 and the gold Mega Ball between 1-25 exactly correct are quite literally 1 in 302,575,350. To put that in perspective, you have a 1 in 3.7 million chance of being bitten by a shark.
But if you stay out of the water you can’t get bitten, and if you don’t play, you can’t win. So, take that for what you will.
