It is time to verify your Mega Tens of millions tickets.
The numbers have been drawn for Friday night time’s lottery jackpot — which is estimated at a whopping $940 million, with a money choice of $486 million.
Since Mega Tens of millions’ jackpot was final received in October, the highest prize has continued to develop throughout 23 consecutive drawings, Mega Tens of millions stated this week.
Because of this, the jackpot is now “flirting with the magic $1 billion mark,” Mega Tens of millions stated. If somebody wins the present $940 million jackpot, it might be the fourth largest jackpot that Mega Tens of millions has ever seen and the sixth largest prize in lottery historical past.
Here is what you’ll want to know.
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Mega Tens of millions successful numbers
The successful numbers for the drawing at 11 p.m. ET on Friday are 3-20-46-59-63, Mega Ball: 13 and Megaplier was 3x.
How do I play Mega Tens of millions?
To enter Mega Tens of millions, gamers choose six numbers — or select to have the lottery machine generate a random “Simple Choose” or “Fast Choose”:
- 5 numbers will go from 1 to 70 (white balls)
- One quantity may be picked from 1 to 25 (gold Mega Ball)
In case your ticket matches all six of the successful numbers from the drawing, you will win the jackpot. There are additionally smaller prizes relying on what number of balls your numbers match.
The fee to play Mega Tens of millions is $2 a ticket. You may add the Megaplier for $1, which can improve the quantity of your potential prize as much as 5 occasions the unique prize (aside from the jackpot).
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The place can I play Mega Tens of millions?
Mega Tens of millions may be performed in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
5 states — Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah — don’t supply Mega Tens of millions.
What are my probabilities of successful?
Though the $940 million jackpot is likely to be tempting, it is necessary to notice that odds of taking house a prime prize are extraordinarily slim.
The percentages of successful the jackpot are 302,575,350 to 1.
The percentages to match all 5 white balls are 12,607,306 to 1.
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Prime 10 Mega Tens of millions jackpots
In accordance with Mega Tens of millions, there have solely been three jackpots within the recreation’s historical past bigger than Friday’s estimated prize.
Here is a take a look at the highest 10:
- $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018: Received in South Carolina.
- $1.337 billion: July 29, 2022: Received in Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021: Received in Michigan.
- $940 million, Jan. 6: Energetic.
- $656 million, March 30, 2012: Three winners in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland.
- $648 million, Dec. 17, 2013: Two winners in California, Georgia.
- $543 million, July 24, 2018: Received in California.
- $536 million, July 8, 2016: Received in Indiana.
- $533 million: March 30, 2018: Received in New Jersey.
- $522 million: June 7, 2019: Received in California.
Largest lottery prizes in historical past
Here is a take a look at the highest 10 largest lottery prizes, between each Powerball and Mega Tens of millions:
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022: Received in California.
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016: Three winners in California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Oct. 23, 2018: Received in South Carolina.
- $1.337 billion, Mega Tens of millions, July 29, 2022: Received in Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 22, 2021: Received in Michigan.
- $940 million, Jan. 6: Energetic.
- $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019: Received in Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017: Received in Massachusetts.
- $730 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021: Received in Maryland.
- $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021: Received in California.
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Contributing: Olivia Munson and Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY.
