Making it the sixth highest in the game's entire history.
The jackpot was last hit on October 14, when winners of winning tickets from California and Florida split a prize pool of $502 million.
If you are able to defeat the very long odds, the ultimate stocking stuffer may soon be yours.
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached a staggering $565 million as of Saturday.
When the lottery reported that no one ticket has matched all six of the numbers that were selected the previous week.
Mega Millions said in a press release that can be seen on its website that the next drawing.