Mega Millions Jackpot Surpasses $565M

The holiday shopping season – for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least – is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing has surpassed half a billion dollars. As of late Monday, lottery officials estimate Tuesday’s prize at $565 million – or more than $293 million if delivered in cash – after there were no lucky winners holding a ticket that matched all six numbers in the last drawing held on Friday. áTickets sold in California and Florida for an Oct. 14 drawing shared the last Mega Millions jackpot of $502 million. The Mega Millions lottery’s top prize has been building anew over 20 drawings held since then.