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'Mega Millions' jackpot reaches $654 million, Texas Lottery estimates

A $654 million jackpot would be the second largest prize in the game's history.
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A customer holds a stack of Mega Millions lottery tickets which he purchased for his office pool at a convenience store on December 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

SAN ANTONIO — Texas Lottery says that the jackpot for the Mega Millions game has reached an estimated $654 million.

That would be the second largest prize in the game's history, Texas Lottery wrote on Twitter Monday. If the prize holds at $654 million, that would also be the fourth largest in U.S. lottery jackpot history.

The next Mega Millions drawing for the historic jackpot takes place Tuesday evening.

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