Mega Millions Jackpot Looms, Last Chance to Buy Tickets for $540M Draw

Get to your local convenience store, supermarket or liquor store by Friday at around 10:30 p.m. for what will most likely be your last chance to win the largest jackpot in North American lottery history.

The multi-state Mega Millions lottery has reached an estimated $540 million after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's drawing.

Friday's drawing will be one of the largest in lottery history, and is expected to draw a record numbers of players as a result. Due to high turnout for Tuesday's drawing, the jackpot jumped from $363 million to $540 million.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot to date was $390 million, with two winning tickets sold for the March 6, 2007, drawing—one in New Jersey, the other in Georgia.

Some stores where you can buy Mega Millions tickets in West Deptford include on Mantua Pike and the  on Red Bank Avenue.

Mega Millions is now played in 42 states and in Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

If you're playing, tell us in the comments some of the things you would do if you do win the big jackpot.

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