Mega Millions players will have another chance on Friday night to win a $1.25 billion jackpot
No one won the top prize in Tuesday night's drawing
The jackpot has been growing since September
The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 302 million
The cash option for Friday's drawing is $739.6 million
The previous record for a Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion in 2018
The largest lottery jackpot in US history was a $1.586 billion Powerball prize in 2016
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands
The drawing will take place at 11 p.m. ET on Friday