Winners can either take the cash payout of $549.7 million or the $1.22 billion annuity paid out over 30 years.

The Mega Millions jackpot keeps getting bigger and bigger after no one managed to hit all six numbers on Christmas Eve. The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $1.15 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing.

It’s been a busy month for lottery players. The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at a $1.15 billion ahead of a Dec. 27 drawing, after a Christmas Eve drawing failed to yield a winner. That makes it the largest such prize for either of the two big multistate lottery games — Mega Millions and Powerball — in the holiday-filled month of December,