The grand prize for the April 17 draw stood at $159 million, with a cash option of $125.7 million.
The winning numbers were 13-35-39-46-55, with the Mega ball being 14. There was also a 4X Megaplier in play, doubling the amount players could win outside the main jackpot.
With no overall winner, the jackpot will rise to $164 million with a cash option of $133.8 million for next Tuesday night’s drawing.
Nobody has managed to win the Mega Millions grand prize winner since a lucky player purchased a ticket in New Jersey in February and scooped a $202 million jackpot on February 11.
On Friday night there was, however, a solitary winner for the second-place $1 million prize, which returned $4 million thanks to the Megaplier. The ticket was sold in Maryland.
There were nine tickets sold nationwide that matched four of the five white balls and the Mega Ball for the $10,000 third prize. Two of those purchased the Megaplier for an extra $1, which made their third-prize winnings worth $40,000.
Over 250 players won $500 by matching four numbers and 54 of these winners won $4,000 using the Megaplier. Additionally, over 640 people won $200 by matching three numbers and the Mega Ball and 114 among them multiplied their prize to $800 using the Megaplier.
Over 30,000 players won $10 by either matching three numbers or two numbers and the Mega Ball and approximately 6,000 of these players won $40 using the Megaplier.
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 April 22.