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Feeling lucky? You have two chances to win more than $400 million this week

Vilma Gutierrez and Luis Rodriguez buy Powerball tickets at Sedano's Supermarket on Coral Way and 122nd Avenue on Thursday January 7, 2016. The Powerball jackpot is at $440 million as of Tuesday, and the Mega Millions jackpot is at $418 million.
Vilma Gutierrez and Luis Rodriguez buy Powerball tickets at Sedano's Supermarket on Coral Way and 122nd Avenue on Thursday January 7, 2016. The Powerball jackpot is at $440 million as of Tuesday, and the Mega Millions jackpot is at $418 million. CMGuerrero@elNuevoHerald.com

There are two chances to win a lot of money this week.

When no one won Tuesday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions prize climbed to the fourth largest in its 15-year history. It’s been growing larger since the last jackpot winner took home the prize on Oct 13.

One lucky Florida resident won $4 million Tuesday night by matching five numbers to win the game’s second prize.

At stake in Friday’s 11 a.m. drawing is a $418 million jackpot.

That’s still below what the single biggest winner took home in June 2016: $536 million.

If you prefer Powerball, that jackpot is unclaimed, too. With no winners on the Dec. 30 drawing, the jackpot for the 11 p.m. Wednesday drawing is a cool $440 million.

A ticket for either costs $2. Your chance of taking the entire jackpot home?

For Powerball: One in 292,201,338. For Mega Millions: 1 in 258,890,850.

This story was originally published January 3, 2018 at 1:28 PM with the headline "Feeling lucky? You have two chances to win more than $400 million this week."

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