Floyd Mayweather reportedly drops $2,000 on Mega Millions tickets

Don’t feel bad if you spent $2 on a Mega Millions ticket Friday and did not win the jackpot. Feel good. Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather reportedly spent $2,000 Thursday trying to win the $1 billion jackpot, and he didn’t win, either.

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Mayweather reportedly went to a gasoline station in Los Angeles and told the cashier to start printing out tickets, Fox Business reported, citing a TMZ report.

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The jackpot reached $1 billion, but climbed to $1.6 billion after no one picked the correct numbers Friday. The next drawing is at 11 p.m. Tuesday, and the jackpot could top $2 million.

The chances of winning the Mega Millions lottery are one in 302.6 million.

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