Mega Millions followed a similar path. Its first jackpot winner in 2002 took home $28 million. Its record prize — a $1.602 billion jackpot won on Aug. 8, 2023 — ranks as the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

No one claimed the top prize in the Dec. 10 drawing so the Dec. 13 prize will be more than $1 billion, according to the Michigan Lottery.

Saturday’s Powerball drawing will feature a jackpot worth an estimated $1 billion, up from the $930 million jackpot for Wednesday’s contest. It has been more than three months since a winner claimed the Powerball jackpot, allowing the total to surpass $1 billion for the seventh time in the game’s history.

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Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing went without a jackpot winner, pushing the top prize to an estimated $1 billion for Saturday. It’s the second largest of this year, lagging only the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot in September, claimed by two winners in Missouri and Texas.