Has anyone won Mega Million? Lottery numbers from Friday's drawing

The Mega Millions jackpot is now approaching $1 billion after another no jackpot on Friday evening.

There were some winners in Friday night’s drawing, but the estimated $825 million jackpot was lost because no ticket matched all six numbers. It is currently priced at an estimated $944 million, with a cash option of $429.4 million in the event of a win. Now the question arises: Will anyone be lucky in the next drawing on Christmas Eve?

According to MegaMillions.com, 13 jackpots have been won in December since the game began in 2002. Three were won after Christmas and before New Year’s, while the others were won before Christmas. With a drawing on Christmas Eve, someone could wake up on Christmas morning with the ultimate Christmas gift.

Take a look at Friday’s latest Mega Millions winning numbers and see how often we see jackpots in excess of $1 billion these days.

Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday December 20, 2024

Friday night’s winning numbers were 2, 20, 51, 56 and 67, and the Mega Ball was 19. The Megaplier was 2X.

When is the next Mega Millions drawing?

The next Mega Millions drawing will take place on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. CT.

Did anyone win Mega Millions last night 12/20/24?

No one won the big prize, but there were 2,068,988 winning tickets at all non-jackpot prize levels, including five winning tickets worth $1 million. Two were sold in Indiana and Arkansas, Illinois and Pennsylvania each had one.

How much does a Mega Millions lottery ticket cost?

A Mega Millions ticket costs $2 per game. For an additional $1, players can add the Megaplier to potentially increase their non-jackpot winnings.

How likely are you to win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot?

The lottery numbers start to rise and you dream about what you could do with all the winnings, but the chances of winning big are pretty slim.

Lottery games tend to be lucrative only for the private companies that states contract to run them, Georgia Tech School of Mathematics faculty member Lew Lefton said in a USA TODAY article. In fact, it is now even harder to win big on Mega Millions and Powerball because the new rules make the odds of winning even higher, allowing more tickets to be sold in lottery games, he added.

The chance of winning a Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million.

The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot – regardless of the amount – are approximately 1 in 292.2 million.

How often does the lottery reach $1 billion or more?

Powerball or Mega Millions reaching the $1 billion mark is no longer as unusual as it once was.

In the last five years, there have been ten jackpots between Mega Millions and Powerball that exceeded the $1 billion mark. And two happened in 2024.

The first occurred in March when Mega Millions reached $1.13 billion and the winning ticket was sold in New Jersey. The second time was in April, Powerball reached $1.326 billion and the winner was from Oregon.

The highest lottery jackpot was achieved in November 2022 at $2.04 billion. It was the second $1 billion jackpot this year. Previously, the jackpot only reached a value of over one billion in 2021, 2018 and 2016.

How many times has Mega Millions reached the $1 billion mark?

According to Mega Millions, Mega Millions has reached and exceeded the $1 billion mark six times in the game’s history. South Carolina recorded its first billion dollars in 2018, but it would take a few more years to reach that mark again. The second jackpot of more than $1 billion was won in Michigan in 2021, then in Illinois in 2022, in Maine in early 2023, in Florida in August 2023 and the last in March in New Jersey.

Hasn’t anyone claimed a $1 billion lottery ticket?

Yes, and it happened recently this year.

Mega Millions still has a $1.128 billion prize won in New Jersey on March 26 that has not yet been claimed. The winning ticket can be returned up to one year after winning. The New Jersey winner has until March 26, 2025 to claim the prize. According to Mega Millions, if unclaimed, the unpaid prize will revert to each participating Mega Millions jurisdiction.

Has anyone won a $1 billion lottery jackpot in Tennessee?

Powerball made history on January 11, 2016 with the first jackpot of over $1 billion. And so did a couple from Tennessee.

John and Lisa Robinson of Munford held one of the three winning tickets for the historic jackpot. Even before the couple confirmed the winning ticket with the Tennessee Lottery, they headed to the “Today” show to announce their win. John and Lisa Robinson received the lump sum – just over $327 million before taxes, Tennessee Lottery officials said. They received a few million dollars immediately and were scheduled to receive the rest of the prize about 10 days later, according to a 2016 USA TODAY story.

The Munford couple were the biggest winners in Tennessee history.

What should I do if I win the lottery?

Top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpot results in the US lottery

Here are the country’s top ten Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots of all time, according to powerball.com:

$2.04 billion, Powerball – November 7, 2022; California.
$1.765 billion, Powerball — Oct. 11, 2023; California.
$1.602 billion, Mega millions – August 8, 2023; Florida.
$1.586 billion, Powerball – January 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
$1.537 billion, Mega millions – Oct 23, 2018; South Carolina.
$1.35 billion, Mega millions – January 13, 2023; Maine.
$1.337 billion, Mega millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
$1.326 billion, Powerball – April 6, 2024; Oregon
$1.13 billion, Mega millions – March 26, 2024; New Jersey.
$1.08 billion, Powerball — July 19, 2023; California.

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