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UPDATE: Last Chance to Win $640M Mega Millions Jackpot

The next drawing in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery is Friday night.

UPDATE, 12:40 p.m. 3/30: Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $640 million.

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The below article was initially published on Gloucester Twp. Patch at 8 a.m. on Thursday, March 29.

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Get to your local convenience store, supermarket or liquor store by Friday at around 10:30 p.m. for what will most likely be your last chance to win the largest jackpot in North American lottery history.

The multi-state Mega Millions lottery has reached an estimated $500 million after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's drawing.

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Friday's drawing will be one of the largest in lottery history, and is expected to draw a record numbers of players as a result. Due to high turnout for Tuesday's drawing, the jackpot jumped from $363 million to $500 million.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot to date was $390 million, with two winning tickets sold for the March 6, 2007, drawing—one in New Jersey, the other in Georgia.

Some stores where you can buy Mega Millions tickets in Gloucester Township are: Blackwood Wine & Liquors; Friendly Food Mart; Glen Oaks Liquors; Pine Run Deli; Nik Nak Food Market; Garden State News; Cherrywood Liquors; 7-Eleven stores on Blackwood Clementon Road, East Church Street and E. Evesham Road; and ShopRite stores on Blackwood Clementon and Chews Landing roads.

Mega Millions is now played in 42 states and in Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Be sure to let us know in the poll below if you plan on playing Mega Millions on Friday night.

And, if you are playing, tell us in the comments some of the things you would do if you do win the big jackpot.

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