Winning numbers drawn for $843 million Mega Millions jackpot

The Mega Millions jackpot is present the eighth largest successful the past of the crippled with an estimated $843 cardinal up for grabs successful Friday night's drawing, officials said.

The winning numbers for Friday's drafting are: 48, 70, 23,21, 16 and the Mega shot is 5

Friday's drafting is the 38th since the jackpot was past won successful Virginia connected June 27 and is present the longest streak without a jackpot victor since the crippled began successful 2002, according to a connection from Mega Millions.

The erstwhile grounds of 37 drawings was acceptable Jan. 22, 2021, erstwhile a $1.050 cardinal jackpot was won successful Michigan, officials said.

"While the jackpot remains elusive, the fig of winners -- and full prizes won -- continues to grow," lottery officials said. "Through this jackpot tally to date, determination person been astir 11.7 cardinal winning tickets astatine each levels, with full prizes exceeding $274 cardinal acknowledgment to important enhancements successful the lower-tier prizes aft the crippled changed past April."

There person besides been 256 third-tier winning tickets truthful acold successful this run, ranging from $20,000 to $100,000, Mega Millions officials said.

Before the June 27 Virginia jackpot triumph astatine $348 million, different jackpots awarded this twelvemonth were successful Ohio, with $112 cardinal won connected April 18, Illinois, with $349 cardinal won connected March 25 and Arizona, wherever $112 cardinal was won connected Jan. 17.

Even though cipher won the jackpot connected Tuesday, lottery officials said determination is inactive plentifulness of wealth to beryllium won with different prizes.

"In the Nov. 4 drafting alone, determination were 606,046 winning tickets crossed each prize tiers, for full nationwide winnings of much than $12.2 million," officials said.

The likelihood of winning the jackpot are 1 successful 290,472,336, according to Mega Millions.

Mega Millions is played successful 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 for 1 play and the largest Mega Millions jackpot prize ever won was a $1.6 cardinal prize won connected Aug. 8, 2023.