A convenience store in Somerset County sold a $20,000 Mega Millions ticket for Tuesday’s drawing. The winner bought the third-prize ticket at QuickChek on Union Avenue in Bound Brook, the New Jersey Lottery said. It matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball.

There have been 12 grand prizes that reached $1 billion or more, and only once in US history did a jackpot surpass $2 billion.

The top Mega Millions jackpot to date was $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018. It’s followed by a $1.348 billion ticket that was sold in Maine in January and a $1.337 billion prize last ...

Mega Millions drawings are on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands for $2 each. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

The odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 302,575,350, according to Mega Millions. Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 for one play.