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* Jackpot is seventh largest in US lottery history
* Odds of one in nearly 259mn for Friday drawing
* Prize is the game's biggest since December 2013
One winning ticket was sold in Indiana in the Mega Millions lottery on Friday, earning the jackpot worth $540mn, the seventh largest in US lottery history, lottery officials said.
The winning numbers - 8, 19, 20, 55, 73 with the Mega Ball 5 - were selected at 11 pm EDT, were matched by one ticket, Mega Millions said on its website.
The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning the jackpot were one in nearly 259mn, as of Friday's drawing.
Sales of the $1 tickets fund the hefty prize, which was worth $380mn on Friday evening if a winner chooses an immediate cash payout instead of payments over 30 years.
If no one hits the jackpot on Friday, the jackpot will roll to an estimated $630mn for next Tuesday's drawing, which amounts to the fourth-largest jackpot in US history.
Ticket sales typically increase as the prize grows, lottery officials said. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing since early March, when a Washington state man snagged $157mn with a winning ticket bought in Seattle.
The current prize is the game's biggest since December 2013, when holders of two tickets sold in California and Georgia shared a $648mn jackpot. The largest Mega Millions jackpot, worth $656mn, was sold the previous year.
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