One winning ticket was sold in Michigan for the $ 1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, making it the third largest lottery prize in US history.
The winning numbers to be drawn on Friday are: 4, 26, 42, 50, 60 and a Mega Ball of 24. The winning ticket was purchased at a Kroger store in Novi, Michigan – a town about eight miles northwest of Detroit. according to the Michigan Lottery website.
Mega Millions’ top prize has been growing since September 15, when a winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin. The next estimated jackpot of the lottery is $ 20 million.
Friday night’s draw comes two days after a ticket sold in Maryland matched all six numbers drawn and won a Powerball jackpot of $ 731.1 million.
Only two lottery prizes in the US exceeded Friday’s jackpot. Three tickets to a $ 1.586 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in January 2016 and one winning ticket was sold in October 2018 for a Mega Millions jackpot of $ 1.537 billion.
The jackpot numbers refer to amounts when a winner chooses an annuity, paid out in 30 annual installments. Most winners will choose a cash prize, which for the Mega Millions jackpot is $ 739.6 million.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are unbelievably high at one in 302.5 million.
The game is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands.