The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $251 million for Friday’s drawing. The cash option is valued at $118.7 million. The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. and will be televised on WABC-7 and Fox 29. No one won the $226 million jackpot on Tuesday. The winning numbers for that drawing were: 5, 35, 42, 58, 66, and the Mega Ball was 22 with a Megaplier of 2x.The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $251 million for Friday’s drawing. The cash option is valued at $118.7 million. The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. and will be televised on WABC-7 and Fox 29. No one won the $226 million jackpot on Tuesday. The winning numbers for that drawing were: 5, 35, 42, 58, 66, and the Mega Ball was 22 with a Megaplier of 2x. The last jackpot was won on June 4, when a player in Illinois won $552 million. The odds of winning the jackpot by matching all five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. The odds of matching five numbers and not the Mega Ball are 1 in 12,607,306, and the odds of matching four numbers and the Mega Ball are 931,001 to 1.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has risen to an estimated $251 million with a cash option of $118.7 million.
The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. and will be televised on WABC-7 in the New York City area and Fox 29 in the Philadelphia area. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the drawing.
No one in the entire country won the $226 million jackpot on Tuesday. No second prize, $1 million tickets were sold either.
Tuesday’s winning numbers were: 5, 35, 42, 58 And 66The Mega Ball drawn was 22 with a Megaplier of 2x.
The jackpot was last won on June 4, when a player in Illinois won the $552 million jackpot with a ticket purchased online. The winner, who asked to remain anonymous, claimed the prize less than a week later.
The odds of a $2 ticket winning the Mega Millions jackpot by matching five numbers and rolling the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1.
Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 chance of matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball and winning at least $1 million. The odds of matching four numbers plus the Mega Ball for a prize of at least $10,000 are 931,001 to 1.
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