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No Mega Millions winner; Friday jackpot increases to $508M

It will like be a busy few days for lottery ticket sellers after there was no victor in Tuesday night's Mega Million drawing.

About Us: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery to direct all proceeds to programs that benefit older residents.

That was the 34th consecutive drawing without a victor. As with all lottery products, players must be 18 years or older to purchase Powerball and Mega Millions tickets. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are approximately 1 in 14.71.

The lump sum payout for the prize, which has been growing for 34 consecutive drawings, is expected to be about $357.7 million, the lottery said. Drawings are Tuesday and Friday nights at 11 p.m.

Lottery winnings are subject to a Federal tax deduction of about 25%, which dings an additional $89 million, leaving the victor with about $268 million.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 258,890,850, according to the Mega Millions website. There are eight other ways to win non-jackpot prizes ranging from $1 to $1 million, or up to $5 million if the ticket includes Megaplier.

Feeling lucky? Players will have a one in 259 million chance in capturing the hefty jackpot, according to CNN. If no one wins the jackpot, the money is added to the jackpot for the next drawing.

No one won the jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing. Each "play" costs $1, with the lottery's website promising alleged "MEGA fun". Tickets are sold until 9:59 p.m. on drawing nights, Tuesdays and Fridays.

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $30 billion to education and sending more than 725,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis.

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No Mega Millions winner; Friday jackpot increases to $508M