And so began the drawing for the largest jackpot in history.
This is the Mega Millions lottery, and up for grabs is a grand prize of $640 million dollars.
When the balls stopped spinning these were the winning numbers: 46, 23, 38, 4, 2 and 23.
If no one has a lucky ticket, the jackpot will climb to $975 million.
Andrew Raven, Reuters
