The Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb as there was no winner of the $140 million jackpot for the drawing held on Friday, January 5.
That means the next Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday, January 9 will be worth $165 million with a cash option of $79.9 million.
- The Mega Millions Numbers (white) for Friday, January 5: 5-23-26-38-44
- The Yellow Mega Ball Number: 25
- The Megaplier Number: 3X
Despite no jackpot winner from the drawing on Friday, 1 lucky player won $1 million by matching five white balls except for the Mega Ball. The player did not select the Megaplier option. Doing so would have push their win to $3,000,000.
There are 10 third prizes of $10,000, 5 third prizes of $30,000 with Megaplier 3X.
The total prize money of the smaller awards amounts to over $4.53 million.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Mega Millions combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Megaplier” on Fri, Jan 5, 2024:
| Match | Winners | Prize | Megaplier Winners | Megaplier Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 140,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 1 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 3,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 10 | 10,000 USD | 5 | 30,000 USD |
| O O O O | 296 | 500 USD | 99 | 1,500 USD |
| O O O | O | 754 | 200 USD | 258 | 600 USD |
| O O O | 19,704 | 10 USD | 5,738 | 30 USD |
| O O | O | 16,124 | 10 USD | 4,726 | 30 USD |
| O | O | 122,415 | 4 USD | 36,226 | 12 USD |
| | O | 288,225 | 2 USD | 84,160 | 6 USD |
Mega Millions is one of the top lottery in the world with the prize of hundreds of millions of dollars. If you want to try your luck, Mega Millions would be a great choice.
Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers – five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) – or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the Mega Millions jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
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The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $165 million, with a cash option of $79.9 million. The next drawing will be held at 11 p.m. ET Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Try your luck now?
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