What are the winning numbers for Friday’s $20 million Mega Millions jackpot?
Tonight, there is $20 million up for grabs for those who played Mega Millions... Here are the winning numbers.
Mega Millions was reset this week after a ticket sold in Maine had Tuesday’s winning numbers and the lucky person took home the $31 million up for grabs. Tonight, players will be looking at a jackpot of $20 million for Friday night’s drawing. While only a fraction of the $1.35 billion jackpot that was awarded to a player in Maine earlier this month, still not a shabby amount of money to take home.
Friday’s winning numbers
The drawing took place at 11 pm ET on Friday, 3 February. The winning numbers are 1-4-50-54-59, Mega Ball 17 and 2x Megaplier.
Tuesday’s winning numbers
The drawing took place at 11 pm ET on Tuesday, 31 January. The winning numbers are 7-9-18-29-39, Mega Ball 13 and 4x Megaplier.
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.