The largest lottery prize currently in play, the US Mega Millions jackpot, stood at an estimated $800 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday’s drawing, according to Forbes. The next draw is set for Tuesday night, with the winner facing a choice between 30 annual instalments or a lump sum of $344.2 million before federal taxes. A separate Powerball drawing scheduled for Saturday night offered an estimated $600 million jackpot, with a post-tax cash option of roughly $165.6 million.

In Europe, Italy’s Superenalotto also failed to produce a top-tier winner on Saturday. Adnkronos reported that no player matched six numbers or five plus the Jolly number, causing the jackpot to rise to €203.7 million for the next draw on Tuesday 28 July. A single ticket did win a ‘5’ prize worth €208,092.12. Germany’s Lotto 6aus49 draw on Saturday featured a €50 million jackpot, with the winning numbers published by Bild, though the article did not confirm whether the top prize was claimed. In the United Kingdom, the National Lottery’s Saturday Lotto draw offered a £3.6 million jackpot, with the winning numbers released by The Independent, but no information on a jackpot winner was immediately available.

Across Latin America, Argentina’s Loto Plus saw all three of its main modalities—Tradicional, Match and Desquite—register vacant six-number prizes, C5N reported. The accumulated jackpot for the next draw on Wednesday 29 July was estimated at ARS 15.955 billion. The separate Loto 5 game also had no winner with five correct numbers, while the Quiniela Poceada’s top eight-hit prize went unclaimed, according to Radio Mitre. Colombia’s Lotería de Boyacá held its draw on Saturday night with a top prize of 15 billion Colombian pesos, El Nuevo Siglo noted, though the outcome was not specified in the initial report. In Mexico, results for the Gana Gato and Melate Retro draws were listed as pending at the time of publication by La Razón.

Viewed from a global perspective, the sequence of rollovers reflects the long odds built into these games. Forbes cited a 1-in-290.4 million chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot, while the German Lotto’s odds of a full match stand at 1 in 140 million, according to Bild. Tax treatment varies sharply by jurisdiction: US federal withholding immediately reduces the cash option, and state levies can further erode winnings, whereas Argentine provincial lotteries apply a 2% deduction on prizes exceeding a modest threshold to fund social programmes, as detailed by El Cronista for Córdoba’s lottery. The next major draws are scheduled for Tuesday in the US and Italy, and Wednesday in Argentina.