Mega Millions ticket holders hoping to win the billion dollar jackpot are in for a blue Christmas.

No one matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s drawing as the lottery’s top prize rose to $1.15 billion – the fifth-largest prize in the game’s history.

Tuesday’s winning numbers were 11, 14, 38, 45, 46 and Mega Ball 3.

Four players in California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wyoming scored five white balls for $1 million, but missed out on the coveted gold ball and top prize on Christmas Eve.

According to the lottery, more than 4.2 million ticket holders won prizes in the drawing.

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as Christmas gifts, and what a gift that would be to end up with a ticket worth $1.15 billion,” said Joshua Johnston , Executive Director of the Mega Millions Consortium said.

“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the holidays – whether Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the winter solstice or any other way people celebrate this time of year – than by helping to fulfill the dreams that come with a prize like this and prizes won at all levels of the game.”

Jackpot contenders also have a chance to win an estimated cash prize of $516.1 million before the next drawing on Friday.

The jaw-dropping jackpot has grown since a lucky Texas winner won a whopping $810 million prize in September.

Before Tuesday night’s drawing, Queens Deli employee Patel estimated he had sold more than 100 tickets on Christmas Eve.

“It’s a lot — it’s very busy,” the 22-year-old, who works part-time at Forest Deli in Ridgewood, told The Post.

“Of course they want to win a billion dollars. For example, they say: “I will donate it to the charity” and also “Give it to you”. I am also happy for my customers. If my customer wins, I’ll be happy.”

A winner on Friday would be the seventh in the game’s history to win a jackpot of over $1 billion.

The previous winners were South Carolina in October 2018 ($1.537 billion), Michigan in January 2021 ($1.050 billion), Illinois in July 2022 ($1.337 billion), Maine in January 2023 ($1.348 billion). dollars) and Florida in August 2023 ($1.602 billion) and most recently in New Jersey in March 2024 ($1.128 billion). Billion).

It took the winner from New Jersey nine months to come forward and win what is now the sixth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.

The unidentified winner – who will remain anonymous – submitted the golden ticket worth $1.128 billion to begin the collection process, NBC New York reported Monday.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2. Drawings take place on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 p.m. in Atlanta, Georgia.

The odds of taking home $1 billion are one in 302,575,350.