If someone wins the Christmas Eve Mega Millions grand prize, it ill be the largest jackpot ever won in the month of December.

Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets. The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve.

A lucky lottery player may get a big present on Christmas Eve: The Mega Millions jackpot is nearly $1 billion. Tuesday's drawing is for an estimated $970 million, or $439.9 million in cash, according to the lottery.

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium Joshua Johnston said.

A lottery player “made history” on Christmas Eve when they won the largest jackpot in a game’s history, Wisconsin lottery officials said.

(WJET/WFXP)– One lucky lottery player in Crawford County just got the Christmas gift of a lifetime with a Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million being sold. The Pennsylvania Lottery announced the winner Monday morning with the ticket being sold at the Country Fair in the 100 block of Penn Street in Linesville. The ticket matched […]

No disrespect to Santa, but it was the Florida Lottery that delivered big for one particular lottery player on Christmas. A winner hasn’t yet come forward, but their $1 Fantasy 5 ticket from Publix paid off with a prize of $127,501.45.

A New Jersey lottery player closed out the year with a bang by winning $1 million in the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday.

Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the $1.22 billion prize on December 27. Here are the winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing: The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $20 million.