1/2 a billion..damn..some one is going to have great weekend.
"Mega Millions jackpot hits record $476 million
The jackpot in Friday's Mega Millions lottery drawing has risen to $476 million, the largest in the game's history, after Tuesday night's drawing produced no winning ticket.
Tuesday's numbers were 9, 19, 34, 44 and 51 with a Mega Ball of 24.
The game's previous biggest jackpot was $390 million in the March 6, 2007, drawing. That jackpot was split by winners in Georgia and New Jersey.
On January 4, 2011, a $380 million jackpot was also split by two winners, one in Idaho and one in Washington.
Four winning tickets split a $336 million jackpot on August 28, 2007.
A little more than a year ago, seven state workers in New York bought a ticket that earned them a $319 million jackpot.
The biggest single-ticket win in the other nationwide lottery, the Powerball, was in February 2006 when a ticket held by eight workers at a Nebraska food plant paid a $365 million jackpot.
Mega Millions is played in 42 states plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands"