The Mega Millions jackpot grew to $1.15 billion on Wednesday after no tickets matched the numbers drawn Tuesday.
The next drawing will now take place Friday at 11 p.m. ET, with the jackpot cash value estimated at $516.1 million.
"We know many people are likely getting tickets for Friday's drawing as a holiday gift, and what a great gift that will be if you get a ticket with a $1.15 billion jackpot," Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement Wednesday.
The numbers drawn on Christmas Eve were 11, 14, 38, 45, 46 and the gold Mega Ball was 3.
The estimated jackpot would make it the seventh-largest in the game's history and the seventh billion-dollar prize.
If all six numbers drawn on a ticket match, it would be the largest amount ever won in December.
The last jackpot was $810 million in Texas on Sept. 10. No one has won the same prize in the past 29 drawings, as the jackpot amount has only grown.
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According to the game, the Mega Millions jackpot has only been won on Christmas Eve once before. A $68 million jackpot was won in New York on Dec. 24, 2002, although it has never been claimed.
According to Mega Millions, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets for one play cost $2.
