Friday's Mega Millions Jackpot Sits Close to $1 Billion

WITZ Radio News is an affiliate of Network Indiana 

STATEWIDE -- With no big winners Tuesday night, the Mega Millions jackpot is now almost $1 billion.

Friday night's jackpot of $970 million is the biggest in Mega Millions history.

While the prize is bigger than ever before, your chances of winning are not. The odds of matching all six numbers and winning the game are just 1 in more than 302 million.

Ticket sales are cut off at 10:44 Friday night; the drawing is at 11.