Mega Millions July 24 is $743 million. Where jackpot ranks all-time

A lack of winners in Tuesday’s July 21 Mega Millions drawing sets up a record-tinged jackpot for Friday, July 24. The Mega Millions website estimates the prize at $743 million, which would rank as the 10th-largest jackpot in the game’s history if there is a winner. The cash option is $323.4 million. The most recent jackpot was won on March 17 by a single winner from Ohio, taking home $60 million. Drawings occur at 11 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday, with New York ticket sales available until 10 p.m. Mega Millions costs $2 to play, while a built-in multiplier feature, replacing the retired Megaplier, increases non-jackpot prizes by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x. The jackpot odds are 1 in 290,472,336.