This was the shortest jackpot run since August 2023, when a Florida ticket won a $39 million prize just two drawings after another Florida ticket won a game record $1.602 billion, according to a Mega Millions news release. That $39 million prize went unclaimed.

"Lucky for Life," a lottery game launched in Massachusetts more than a decade ago, will be phased out next year. Here's the new $5 game officials are replacing it with.