Customers grab tickets for big Mega Millions pot

Lottery players whose numbers didn't hit or who forgot to even buy a ticket will have another shot at a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions prize when a drawing is held Friday night.

The estimated $940 million jackpot has been growing for more than two months and now ranks as the sixth-largest in U.S history. The $940 million jackpot is for winners who choose an annuity, paid annually over 29 years. Winners usually want cash, which for Friday night's drawing would be an estimated $486 million.If there is no winner, the next drawing will be held Tuesday night. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.