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Over a half billion dollars up for grabs in MegaMillions

Delaware Public Media

Lottery players can take their shot at winning over half a billion dollars in Friday’s MegaMillions drawing.

MegaMillions has not had a jackpot winner since mid-March and so the top prize now stands at $530 million.

It’s the 7th largest MegaMillions jackpot ever, and this is the first time it’s topped $500 million since a $1.5 billion prize was won last October.

It’s also the 16th biggest lottery prize in U.S. history.

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

Delaware has never had a MegaMillions jackpot winner in the game’s 17-year history.

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.