The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow.

After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night – the white balls 8, 24, 30, 45 and 61, plus the gold Mega Ball 12 – the estimated jackpot rolls to $1.25 billion for the next drawing on Friday, August 4. If won at that level, it would be the fourth-largest prize in Mega Millions history. If the winner opts for a cash payout the jackpot drops to $625.3 million.

The jackpot has been rolling since it was last won in New York on April 18; Friday’s drawing will be the 31st in this current run. Overall, the total number of winning tickets at all prize levels continues to increase along with the jackpot, and the Aug, 1 drawing produced a total of 4,904,910 winning tickets across all prize tiers.

This year started out with six jackpot winners in less than four months, a number that’s far more typical of a full year, lottery officials said. The first was a big one – $1.348 billion won in Maine on Jan. 13, the second-largest prize awarded in Mega Millions history.

That was followed by three quick wins. The very next drawing, on Jan. 17, produced a $20 million win in New York. Two drawings later, $33 million was won in Massachusetts on Jan. 24, and just two drawings after that, Massachusetts repeated with another jackpot win, this time at $31 million. Then came two more wins in New York, at $483 million on April 14 followed by $20 million on April 18. That was the first time in Mega Millions history that two jackpots have been won in the same state in consecutive drawings.

Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has awarded four jackpots exceeding $1 billion – one each in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands but not in Alabama. Tickets are $2 each Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. ET (10 p.m. CT) on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia.