Historically, December has seen 13 Mega Millions jackpots since the game's inception in 2002 with only one of those wins on Christmas Eve.

Santa may not be the only one offering generous gifts the night of Christmas Eve. The Mega Millions jackpot is climbing steadily toward the billion-dollar milestone ahead of tonight's drawing ...

According to game officials, if there is a winner in the next drawing, it would mark only the second time a Mega Millions jackpot has been hit on Christmas Eve. The first time it happened was ...

Check your tickets! According to the Texas Lottery, 331,398 tickets sold in the Lone Star State won some sort of prize in ...

Queens Deli worker Patel estimated he sold more than 100 tickets on Christmas Eve before the drawing. Jackpot hopefuls also have the chance to win an estimated $516.1 million cash prize ahead of ...

Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $1 billion ahead of the Christmas Eve drawing. Lottery officials announced the historic prize in a news release published on Tuesday ...

Feeling lucky? The Mega Millions lottery drawing is set for Christmas Eve and the jackpot has soared to nearly $1 billion. After no one matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball on Dec. 20 ...

10. If there’s a lucky winner in Tuesday’s drawing, they can choose between receiving the $1 billion in annual payments for 30 years, or a lump sum cash payout of $448.8 million. Winners ...

Tickets are available up to 15 minutes before the drawing takes place. Christmas Eve could be the luckiest and most lucrative night of someone's life! The jackpot stands $1 billion. "Well that ...

The lottery jackpot soared past the original estimate of $944 million after the Friday, Dec. 20, drawing, to hit an estimated $1 billion mark ahead of the Christmas Eve drawing, according to ...

The Mega Millions jackpot is inching closer to $1 billion ahead of the Christmas Eve drawing. The jackpot hit $944 million after there was no winner Friday night. But it increased Monday to $970 ...