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MegaMillions jackpot soars over $400 million

Delawareans can take their shot at another major lottery jackpot Friday night.

No one claimed the top prize in Tuesday night’s MegaMillions drawing, and so that jackpot has swelled to $422 million.

It’s the third time this year MegaMillions has surged past the 400 million dollar mark.  It hit $533 million in March and $451 million in January.

This $422 million jackpot is the sixth largest ever for the MegaMillions game and 19th largest in U.S history.

Delaware has never had a MegaMillions jackpot winner in that game’s 16-year history.

The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are one in just under 302.6 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.