First Five: 5-9-15-16-17Mega Ball: 25Megaplier: 3x

Tuesday night’s 11/01/2022 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $87 million, with a cash-value option worth $43.2 million.

The winning numbers last Friday (10/28/22) for the $31.5 million jackpot were: 4-18-31-53-69 with a Mega Ball of 7. The Megaplier was 2x. There was no grand prize winner on Friday, so the jackpot for Tuesday 11/01/22 increased to $87 million, but one player matched five white balls without the Mega Ball, winning $1,000,000.

The game also saw 14 winners who matched four white balls and the Mega Ball, each winning $10,000, with four of those ticket holders each winning the Megaplier prize of $20,000. A group of 279 people picked the numbers on four white balls without the Mega Ball, for which each won $500, with 75 of those ticket holders each winning the Megaplier prize of $1,000. There were 842 tickets holders who matched three white balls as well as the Mega Ball, which earned them each $200, with 209 of them each earning the Megaplier prize of $400.

Here are the four Mega Millions jackpots won in 2022:

04/15/2022 — $20 million04/12/2022 — $106 million (Minnesota)03/08/2022 — $126 million (New York)01/28/2022 — $421 million

Here are the six Mega Millions jackpots won in 2021:

10/22/2021 — $108 million (Arizona)09/21/2021 — $432 million (New York)06/08/2021 — $56 million (Illinois)05/21/2021 — $515 million (Pennsylvania)02/16/2021 — $96 million (New York)01/22/2021 — $1 billion (Michigan)

The previous winning ticket before that was sold in Wisconsin on 09/15/2020 for a jackpot worth $119 million. That was only the fifth, and final, Mega Millions jackpot won in the 2020 calendar year.

Here are the five Mega Millions jackpots won in 2020:

09/15/2020 — $119 million (Wisconsin)07/31/2020 — $22 million (California)07/24/2020 — $124 million (New Jersey)06/09/2020 — $410 million (Arizona)02/11/2020 — $202 million (New Jersey)

Other winners—dating back to 2019 — were a $372 million ticket sold in Ohio and a $227 million ticket sold in Texas

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery, and it is one of America’s two biggest lottery jackpot games. Mega Millions jackpots start at $20 million, and other prizes pay from $1 million to $2 million or more with a Megaplier.

Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Five white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70, while one yellow Mega Ball is drawn from balls numbered 1 through 25. You win if the numbers on your lottery ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. If no one wins the jackpot prize, the money is added to the top prize for the following drawing.

Most states offer a Megaplier option, which costs an additional $1 per play and increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four or five times. Before each Mega Millions drawing on Tuesdays and Fridays, the Megaplier is drawn from a pool of 15 balls. Five of these balls are marked with 2X, six with 3X, three with 4X and one with 5X.

The odds of winning with a $2 Mega Millions ticket are one in 303 million. See the Mega Millions website for more information.

Powerball is the other multi-state lottery, and it also starts at $20 million. Its drawings take place shortly after 11 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights. Here is the Powerball website for more information, or to check past winning numbers.