What are the winning numbers for Friday’s $167 million Mega Millions jackpot?
An estimated $167 million will be up for grabs in the big Friday night draw. Here are the winning numbers and the odds for the Mega Millions lottery...
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The Mega Millions jackpot has continued to climb by another $22 million this week as there was no winner selected during Tuesday’s drawing, so the jackpot has risen to a very healthy $167 million.
While this is only a fraction of the $1.35 billion jackpot awarded in January, it is still a truly life-changing amount for the lucky winner.
Winning numbers for Friday, 4 March
The winning numbers for Friday 4 March are: 8-25-36-39-67 The Mega Ball was 11 and the Megaplier was 4X.
Winning numbers for Tuesday, 28 February
The winning numbers for Tuesday are: 14-16-40-52-59 The Mega Ball was 13 and the Megaplier was 2X.
What are the largest Mega Millions jackpots?
The incredible $1.35 billion jackpot that was won earlier this month was the second-highest top prize ever won in a Mega Millions draw. In fact, in ranked as the fourth-highest jackpot ever won on a US lottery, also behind a $2.04 billion and a $1.59 billion Powerball drawing.
The Mega Millions record jackpot was in won South Carolina on 23 October 2018, and totaled $1.54 billion. Before last Friday’s billion-dollar windfall, the last Mega Millions jackpot of more than $1 billion was won in Chicago in July 2022 and was worth $1.33 billion.
How much can you win with Mega Millions?
Entry for the Mega Millions lottery begins at $2 per ticket and participants can still take home some serious money even if they miss out on the full six numbers. Here’s a full list of the ways to win and the odds of winning…
- Five balls and the Mega Ball – Jackpot, 1 in 302,575,350
- Five balls - $1,000,000, 1 in 12,607,306
- Four balls and the Mega Ball - $10,000, 1 in 931,001
- Four balls - $500, 1 in 38,792
- Three balls and the Mega Ball – $200, 1 in 14,547
- Three balls - $10, 1 in 606
- Two balls and the Mega Ball - $10, 1 in 693
- One ball and the Mega Ball - $4, 1 in 89
- The Mega Ball - $2, 1 in 37
How many Mega Millions jackpot winners were there in 2022?
Across 2022, six winning tickets hit the jackpot:
- October 14, 2022 - $502 million ($252.0 million cash), shared by tickets sold in San Jose, California, and Fort Myers, Florida.
- July 29, 2022 - $1.337 billion ($780.5 million cash) won by an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Ill.
- April 15, 2022 - $20 million ($11.9 million cash) won by an anonymous trust with a ticket purchased in Pegram, Tenn.
- April 12, 2022 - $110 million ($66.9 million cash) won by a Minnesota couple with a ticket purchased in Ramsey, Minn.
- March 8, 2022 - $128 million ($85.8 million cash) won by Herman Kahan of Brooklyn, N.Y.
- January 28, 2022 - $426 million ($292.9 million cash) won by Kristine Wellenstein with a ticket purchased in Woodland Hills, Calif.