What would you do if you won $1 billion?
The Mega Millions jackpot has been raised to $1.15 billion. WXXV News 25’s Jordyn Lassiter went to downtown Ocean Springs to talk to shoppers and see what they would do if they won $1 billion.
If the jackpot is not hit Friday night, the prize will grow even larger for the final drawing of the year on Dec. 31.
No player matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Christmas Eve drawing. The winning numbers were 11-14-38-45-46 with a Mega Ball of 3.
Friday night’s jackpot will be the fifth largest in Mega Million’s history. The last Mega Millions jackpot hit was Sept. 10, 2024, with the $810 million top prize – or $409.3 million cash – awarded to the holder of a ticket sold in Sugar Land, Texas.
The highest ever won in a Mega Millions jackpot was $1.6 billion in 2023, with the winning ticket sold in Florida.
You can see the Mega Millions drawing on Friday night just before the 10 p.m. news on WXXV 25 NBC.