Nobody matched all the numbers in Friday's Mega Millions game. That means Tuesday's (10/17) jackpot will be the 2nd largest in the history of the game.
If you were in Rochelle and purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket on Tuesday, you better check those numbers again. The winning ticket was sold at a gas station there.
I used to ponder why I have never won a prize from the lottery. No big jackpots, no little ones, either. Why, I wondered, are all these people walking off with free tickets, hundred dollar, or thousand dollar, or million dollar prizes while I've gotten exactly jack squat? Short answer: I don't buy lottery tickets.
In the interests of full (and somewhat idiotic) disclosure, I rarely, if ever, play the lottery. However, when I do--I wait for the jackpot to become astronomical. Take last night's Mega-Millions lottery drawing for example. I guess I couldn't be bothered with a paltry $346,000,000. But on Friday, when the jackpot will be just south of $400,000,000, I'll probably grab a ticket.