Mega Millions winner! $1.35B winning lottery ticket sold in Maine for Jan. 13 jackpot
The Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb and is now the game's second highest jackpot after no winner was found Tuesday.
There have been 25 Mega Millions drawings since the game last saw a jackpot winner. A six-number match tonight would rank third in the nation for biggest lottery wins.
The numbers have been chosen for the Friday, Jan. 13, lottery jackpot worth an estimated $1.35 billion, with a cash option of $724.6 million.
Mega Millions winning numbers
The winning numbers for Friday night's drawing were 30, 43, 45, 46, 61, and the Mega Ball was 14. The Megaplier was 2X.
Powerball numbers:Results for Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. No winner, jackpot grows to $404M
Did anyone win Mega Millions last night?
One ticket purchased in Maine matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot. The winning ticket is the first Mega Millions jackpot winner the state has ever seen.
This jackpot run lasted 26 draws or nearly three months to the day, ending with 7,072,832 winning tickets across all nine prize tiers for the January 13 drawing.
A total of 14 tickets matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball worth $1 million. Four of these tickets were purchased in New York, and two were bought in California. The remaining tickets were each sold in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
How many numbers in Mega Millions do you need to win a prize?
You only need to match one number in Mega Millions to win a prize. However, that number must be the Mega Ball, worth $2.
What do I win if I get 2 numbers on Mega Millions?
Matching two numbers won't win anything in Mega Millions unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Mega Ball is worth $4.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday's drawing resets to an estimated $20 million with a cash option of $10.7 million, according to megamillions.com.
Drawings are held two times per week at approximately 10 p.m. CT every Tuesday and Friday.
How to play Mega Millions
Here's how to play Mega Millions:
Mega Millions' last jackpot winner
Here is the list of 2022 Mega Millions jackpot wins, according to megamillions.com:
- $426 million — Jan. 28; California.
- $128 million — Mar. 8; New York.
- $110 million — April 12; Minnesota.
- $20 million — April 15; Tennessee.
- $1.337 billion — July 29; Illinois.
- $502 million — Oct. 14; California, Florida.
Mega Millions numbers:Results for Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. No winner, jackpot hits $1.35B
Top 10 Mega Millions lottery jackpots
Here are the all-time top 10 Mega Millions jackpots, according to megamillions.com:
- $1.537 billion — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.35 billion — Jan. 13, 2023; Maine.
- $1.337 billion — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.05 billion — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan.
- $656 million — Mar. 30, 2012; Kansas, Illinois, Maryland.
- $648 million — Dec. 17, 2013; California, Georgia.
- $543 million — July 24, 2018; California.
- $536 million — July 8, 2016; Indiana.
- $533 million — Mar. 30, 2018; New Jersey.
- $522 million — June 7, 2019; California.
Top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots
Here are the nation's all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
- $2.04 billion, Powerball — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
- $1.586 billion, Powerball — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.35 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 13, 2023; Maine.
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan.
- $768.4 million, Powerball — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
- $731.1 million, Powerball — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
- $699.8 million, Powerball — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
- $687.8 million, Powerball — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
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