been 21 straight drawings without a winner, quickly approaching the longest streak of 25 winless drawings back in 2000. you now have a one in 259 million chance of winning mega millions. the worst odds of any american lottery ever. still, statisticians say someone is bound to win eventually. the higher the lottery value is the more people are interested in playing. what we typically find is the more people that play you get a decent probability of a winner. reporter: as tradition would have it, this past friday 13th, proved unlucky. 168 million tickets were sold which meant there was a 47% of having a winner. yet no one won. lottery officials expect by the next drawing, roughly 70% of the 259 million possible number combinations will be in play. if you went with a $316,500,000 cash option, your net worth would be higher than beyonce. if the jackpot rolls over two more times a billion dollar christmas eve win could mean an estimated $540 million cash payout.
without a winner, quickly approaching the longest streak of 25 winless drawings back in 2000. you now have a one in 259 million chance of winning mega millions. the worst odds of any american lottery ever. still, statisticians say someone is bound to win eventually. the higher the lottery value is the more people are interested in playing. what we typically find is the more people that play you get a decent probability of a winner. reporter: as tradition would have it, this past friday 13th, proved unlucky. 168 million tickets were sold which meant there was a 47% of having a winner. yet no one won. lottery officials expect by the next drawing, roughly 70% of the 259 million possible number combinations will be in play. if you went with a $316,500,000 cash option, your net worth would be higher than beyonce. if the jackpot rolls over two