Dream big, because the top prize for Friday night’s Mega Millions jackpot is now $521 million, a $19 million increase over the amount predicted earlier in the day — and one of the largest pools ever for the nationwide lottery.
Officials said this is just the fourth time in the lottery’s history that the Mega prize will top $500 million.
Earlier in the day Friday the pool was projected at $502 million.
The last drawing, on March 27, was the 23rd straight drawing without a top-prize winner, the officials said.
Forty-six jurisdictions participate in Mega. Officials estimate the cash value of a sole winner to be $317 million.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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