The winning numbers were 5, 10, 19, 21 and 50, with the Mega ball being 10. There was also a 4X Megaplier in play, multiplying the amount players could win outside the main jackpot by four.
The value of the jackpot for Tuesday’s draw has now increased to $396 million with a cash option of $272.3 million. The cash option for Friday’s draw was $254.1 million.
While there were no overall winners on Friday night, there were two winners for the second-place $1 million prize, which requires matching all five winning numbers. Both tickets were sold in Florida.
There were 39 tickets sold nationwide that matched four of the five white balls and the Mega Ball for the $10,000 third prize. Of those ticket holders, 12 purchased the Megaplier for an extra $1, which made their third-prize winnings worth $40,000.
Over 970 players won $500 by matching four numbers and of those winners 186 won $2,000 by using the Megaplier. Additionally, over 2,500 people won $200 by matching three numbers and the Mega Ball and among them, 521 multiplied their prize to $8,000 using the Megaplier.
Approximately 95,000 people nationwide won $10 by either matching three numbers or two numbers and the Mega Ball and approximately 19,000 of these players won $50 using the Megaplier.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last won on February 16, when a ticket holder in New York scooped the $90 million jackpot, marking the second jackpot winner in this calendar year.
The grand prize had previously been won on January 22, when a ticket sold in Michigan returned a $1.05 billion jackpot, the second-biggest in Mega Millions history.
There are nine ways to win a prize, ranging from $2 to the jackpot, which increases with each draw that it is not won. The overall odds of winning a prize in the Mega Millions lottery are 1 in 24, however, the odds of winning $2 are 1 in 37 while the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
A player will win if the numbers on one row of their ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn. Tickets cost $2 per play with the option of adding the Megaplier to a ticket for an additional $1 per play.
The Mega Millions lottery is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
For payment, money that is won can either come as an annuity, one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments rising by five percent each payment, or cash, which is described online as a “one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the jackpot prize pool.”
The next Mega Millions draw is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11 at 11 p.m. ET.
