The Mega Million jackpot is expected to rise to over $1.15 billion ahead of Friday's drawing, making it the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history. The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has been growing since Sept. 10. The one time cash payout would be $516.1 million, according to the Massachusetts' lottery.

Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is $1.15 billion, or $516.1 million in cash. The prize surged since its last drawing on Christmas Eve, when no winner took home the estimated $1 billion jackpot. If won Friday,

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to lottery organizers, and the last Mega Millions jackpot was won in Texas on Sept. 10 for $810 million. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Friday’s drawing is at 8 p.m.