The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $42 million with a cash option of $18.8 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the conclusion of the drawing.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $42 million with a cash option of $18.8 million for Friday night's drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on on Dec. 27 when a lottery player in California won $1.269 billion - the fifth largest Mega Millions ever.

Did you play Mega Millions today? Check out the winning numbers for the Jan. 3, 2025 drawing and see if it's your lucky day.

Prizes vary from $4 for the matching the Powerball to $1 million for matching all five white balls (except in California) to the jackpot for matching all six balls. You can check all the prize payouts on the Powerball website here. You can play the game in 45 states plus the Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Tennessee Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Dec. 31, 2024, results for each game: 13-22-27-29-35, Mega Ball: 01, Megaplier: 2 Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Powerball players, it's your last chance to become a millionaire playing the game. Check out the results of the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing here.

The Powerball jackpot increased to $145 million after there was no jackpot winner in the drawing on Christmas.

The odds of matching the five white balls and Mega Ball to win the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. A jackpot winner has the option of taking an annuity or cash payment. The annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, according to the Mega Millions website. Each payment is 5% bigger than the previous one.

The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $1.22 billion after no one managed to hit all six numbers on Christmas Eve. The Friday night drawing comes with a cash option of $549.7 million. If it's won, it would be the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history,

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $1 billion, with a cash option of $448.8 million. The winning numbers were: 11, 14, 38, 45, 46 The Mega Ball drawn was 3 with a Megaplier of 3x.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A man in Bauxite won a $10,000 Mega Millions prize. Arkansas Scholarship Lottery officials said Guy C. claimed his prize after winning in the Dec. 6 drawing. The player bought a Quick Pick ticket at Bauxite Food Mart.