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Mega Millions and Powerball offer big jackpots this weekend

Lottery players have a chance to add a pair of huge jackpots to their 4th of July weekend fireworks and barbecues.  

 

Both the Mega Millions and Powerball prizes are well above $200 million.

There was no winner Mega Millions Tuesday night, pushing the prize to $415 million for Friday night’s drawing.

 

That’s the third largest Mega Millions prize ever and ninth largest lottery jackpot all-time in the U.S.

 

Delaware has never had a Mega Millions jackpot winner.

The odds of matching all 6 numbers in the Mega Millions drawing are one in 258.9 million. 

 

Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is the first of the two big prizes up for grabs this weekend.

 

Saturday night’s Powerball drawing is worth $243 million. 

 

Delaware has not had a Powerball winner since May 2013 when an anonymous ticket holder split a $50 million jackpot.

The odds of matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s drawing are 1 in 292.2 million. 

 

 

 

Tom Byrne has been a fixture covering news in Delaware for three decades. He joined Delaware Public Media in 2010 as our first news director and has guided the news team ever since. When he's not covering the news, he can be found reading history or pursuing his love of all things athletic.