(CNN) — The Mega Millions jackpot is approaching $1 billion dollars after there were no big winners in Tuesday’s drawing.

The estimated prize for Friday’s drawing is $965 million – the eighth largest since the game began in 2002, Mega Millions said. The estimated cash payout is $445.3 million.

The winning numbers from Tuesday were 10, 13, 40, 42, 46, and Mega Ball 1. It was the 39th drawing without a big winner.

While no one hit all the numbers, three tickets snagged the game’s second-tier prize, with one winning $5 million and two winning $3 million.

The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 23, while the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290.5 million.

Changes to Mega Millions in April more than doubled the ticket price but slightly improved the odds of winning. Each ticket costs $5 per play and includes multipliers of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 10x.

Half of the proceeds from each ticket remain in the state where it was sold. In Georgia, lottery funds have contributed more than $29.8 billion to education since the program began, supporting millions of students from pre-K through college, according to the Georgia Lottery.

Mega Millions, sold in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands, is the nation’s most widely played multistate jackpot game and the only lottery with seven jackpots exceeding $1 billion.

The most recent billion-dollar win occurred in December, when a winner claimed $1.269 billion before taxes. The current record for the highest Mega Millions jackpot is $1.6 billion, awarded to an anonymous winner in Florida in 2023.

Prizes must be claimed through the state lottery office and are subject to federal and state taxes. Some states allow winners to remain anonymous.

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