The winning numbers were 2, 24, 25, 31 and 65 with the Mega Ball 18 and the Megaplier 4x, according to the Mega Millions website.
Nobody purchased a ticket that successfully matched all white numbers and the gold Mega Ball, meaning that the jackpot will be even higher for the next drawing on Tuesday.
However, one lucky ticket did match five numbers for the second biggest prize of $1 million. Meanwhile, there were 15 winners of the $10,000 prize after they correctly picked four of the white balls and the gold Mega Ball. Four of them quadrupled their winnings to $40,000 by purchasing the additional 4x Megaplier.
Some 265 players won $500 by matching four numbers and, of those, 43 won $2,000 by using the Megaplier. Additionally, 777 people won $200 by matching three numbers and the Mega Ball, and 164 of them increased their prize to $800 using the Megaplier. In total, over 431,000 tickets won at least $2 on Friday night.
With no winner of the top prize, the jackpot has now gone to $93 million for Tuesday’s drawing, with a cash option of $62.7 million.
Last month, one lucky ticket holder won the jackpot, taking the prize of $96 million ($68.5 million cash). It was the first time a jackpot had been won in New York since January 1, 2019 when 23 co-workers shared a $437 million prize, according to the Mega Millions website.
January saw the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history when $1.05 billion ($776.6 million cash) went to a lucky ticket holder in Michigan. That followed a record run of 37 draws and was only less than another billion-dollar jackpot—the $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on October 23, 2018. This is the world’s largest lotto prize ever awarded on a single ticket.
How does Mega Millions work?
One of the most popular multi-state lotteries in the country, Mega Millions first launched on August 31, 1996 as “The Big Game.”
Tickets are sold in 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The five states not to sell lottery tickets are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. Drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at WSB-TV in Atlanta.
Five white balls are drawn from a set numbered 1 through 70, with one gold Mega Ball drawn from a set numbered 1 through 25. With nine different ways to win a prize, your chances of winning at least $2 are 1 in 24, according to the Mega Millions website.
If you are a lucky winner, you will have between 90 days and one year to redeem your ticket, depending on local rules and regulations.
All jackpot winners are entitled to either a cash option or an annuity option of an initial payout followed by 29 annual payments that are each five percent larger than the previous ones.
