The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions lottery climbed to $52 million after no players matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing.

Meanwhile, a $101 million top prize is up for grabs in Wednesday night's Powerball multi-state lottery.

Two players in California and Texas matched the first five numbers in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing -- 17, 18, 24, 35 and 39 -- but not the Mega Ball, which was 18. Those players each won $250,000.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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