A banner is hung outside Ernie's Liquors in San Jose, Calif., where a Mega Millions winning ticket was sold in July 2018, worth $543 million. …
The chances of winning Mega Millions or Powerball are really slim -- it's less likely to bring home the big bucks than it is to get killed by a meteor strike, something scientists put at around 1 in 1.6 million.
But tickets for the next drawing are sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. States not participating in the lottery are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah.
