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One ticket won $112,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing
Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2025 01:54 AM
One single winner has taken the $112,000,000 jackpot from the latest drawing of the multistate Mega Millions game. The only ticket to match all the winning numbers from Friday night's drawing was sold in . The winning numbers drawn Friday night, April 18th, 2025 were 05-13-15-17-28 with Mega Ball 01 and Megaplier X. The winner can either take a cash option worth $49.3 million before taxes, or decide to receive 30-year annuity option with yearly payment in the amount of $4.31 million before taxes. The grand prize winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, put it in a secure place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to select the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot awarded on Friday, April 18th, 2025, a lot more people walked away with huge pile of cash. A total of 13 lucky tickets won the third prize. Among them, 13 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 290 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. 591 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With nine ways to win, there were a total of 459,543 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, April 18th, 2025 drawing.
The grand prize of next Mega Millions drawing goes to an estimated $50,000,000 with a $$22.4 million cash value Tuesday night.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record largest jackpot in United States lottery history. Approximately 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prize winnings. Approximately 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. To play, pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and pick one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Fri Apr 18, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $10,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $100,000 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $5,000 | 290 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $2,000 | 591 | | 3 of 5 | $100 | 13,929 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $100 | 9,303 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $70 | 63,178 | | Megaball Only | $50 | 142,467 |
| Fri Apr 18, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $112,000,000 | 0 |
| Fri Apr 18, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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