Between the nation's two largest lotteries, there's nearly $1 billion in jackpot money up for grabs. The odds of hitting all winning numbers in either game? Pretty bad.
For the $654 million Mega Million jackpot — which marks the game's second-largest top prize ever — your chance of winning is 1 in 302.6 million. For Powerball's $345 million top prize, it's 1 in 292 million.
The chance of winning both is at least 1 in 88 quadrillion. That's 88 followed by 15 zeros.
Top lottery jackpots
| 1 | $1.586 billion | Jan. 13, 2016 | Powerball | CA, FL, TN |
| 2 | $758.7 million | Aug. 23, 2017 | Powerball | MA |
| 3 | $656 million | Mar. 30, 2012 | Mega Millions | KS, IL, MD |
| 4 | $654 million | ???? | Mega Millions | ???? |
| 5 | $648 million | Dec. 17, 2013 | Mega Millions | CA, GA |
| 6 | $590.5 million | May 18, 2013 | Powerball | FL |
| 7 | $587.5 million | Nov. 28, 2012 | Powerball | AZ, MO |
| 8 | $564.1 million | Feb. 11, 2015 | Powerball | NC, PR, TX |
| 9 | $559.7 million | Jan. 6, 2018 | Powerball | NH |
| 10 | $543 million | July 24, 2018 | Mega Millions | CA |
Source: Source: Powerball
In comparison, your chance of being struck by lightning in your lifetime is 1 in 14,600, according to the National Weather Service.
If no one hits the Mega Millions jackpot, the prize likely would jump past the game's existing record of $656 million in March 2012. In that instance, the amount was split three ways.
Meanwhile, two past Powerball jackpots were even bigger: nearly $1.6 billion in January 2016 and $758.7 million in August 2017.
The next drawings are Tuesday night for Mega Millions and Wednesday night for Powerball.
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