The Mega Millions lottery jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing is worth an estimated $157 million with a cash option of $95.4 million. The winning numbers were: 11, 29, 34, 48, 54. The Mega Ball drawn was 10. The Megaplier was 2x. No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since March 12. That’s when Hira Singh of Shawnee, Kansas won the $50 million top prize with a ticket he bought at QuikTrip in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then nine, twice-weekly drawing have been held without a jackpot winner. In the most recent drawing on Friday, there was no jackpot winner and no second-prize tickets sold nationally. In New Jersey, one third-prize ticket was sold that matched four numbers and the Mega Ball. The ticket - sold at 7-Eleven on Market Street in Elmwood Park is worth $20,000 because the winner spent an additional $1 to exercise the Megaplier option. Friday’s winning numbers were: 1, 24, 25, 40 and 70. The Mega Ball drawn was 4 with a Megaplier of 2X. A Mega Millions ticket costs $2. The odds of a ticket matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. It’s a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize of at least $1 million by matching five numbers. Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman. Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon Find NJ.com on Facebook. Have a tip? Tell us. nj.com/tips<doc-sep>The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday night’s lottery drawing has jumped to $212 million. The cash option for the 10:59 p.m. drawing is worth $128.5 million. The winning numbers were: 30, 46, 23, 9, 17. The Mega Ball drawn was 10. The Megaplier was 4x. No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since March 12, when Hira Singh of Shawnee, Kansas won the $50 million top prize with a ticket he bought at QuikTrip in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then, 12 twice-weekly drawings have been held without a jackpot winner. No one hit Tuesday’s $192 million jackpot. There were also no second-prize, $1 million tickets sold nationally. In New Jersey, a ticket sold at ShopRite on Route 9 in the Bayville section of Berkeley matched four numbers and the Mega Ball. The third-prize ticket is worth $10,000. The winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing were: 7, 24, 30, 48, 67. The Mega Ball drawn was 9. The Megaplier was 4x. Last month, a 54-year-old man who lives in Alpha, Warren County hit the $273 million Mega Millions drawing. A Mega Millions ticket costs $2. The odds of a ticket matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. It’s a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize of at least $1 million by matching five numbers. Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman. Find NJ.com on Facebook. Noah Cohen may be reached at ncohen@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @noahyc. Find NJ.com on Facebook. Have a tip? Tell us. nj.com/tips Get the latest updates right in your inbox. Subscribe to NJ.com’s newsletters.<doc-sep>LANSING, MI – The Mega Millions jackpot is now worth more than $150 million there was no winner of the $140 million jackpot for the drawing held on Friday, Apr. 12. That means the drawing on Tuesday, Apr. 16 will be worth $157 million with a cash option of $95.4 million. The Mega Millions numbers for Apr. 12: 1-24-25-40-70 The Gold Mega Ball: 4 The Megaplier: 2 Mega Millions winners for Apr. 12: · Along with no grand prize winner, no one matched all five white numbers drawn to win $1 million. · In Michigan, one ticket sold won $10,000. That was the largest prize won in the state. · There were 274,160 tickets sold that won at least $4 in the drawing. In Michigan, 10,998 tickets sold won at least $4. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Five balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70; the Mega ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25. The odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 302 million. Mega Millions is played in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $2 each. In other Michigan Lottery news: · The next Powerball drawing is Saturday night, Apr. 13 with an estimated jackpot of $101 million and a cash option of $62.7 million. · The next Lotto 47 drawing is also Saturday night, Apr. 13 at 7:29 p.m. with a jackpot of $3.75 million. Deadline is 7:08 p.m. that day. · Saturday’s Fantasy 5 jackpot is an estimated $110,000. The drawing is at 7:29 p.m. Deadline is 7:08 p.m. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games. The drawing comes a week after a lucky player in Michigan won $1 million playing the Mega Millions. That winner was the second time in the last month that a player from Michigan has won $1 million in the Mega Millions lottery. On Mar. 22, Randy Richardson of Millington won $1 million after he bought a ticket while driving to find the cheapest gas in his area. Those two winners aren’t the biggest recent winners however. In March, a Wayne County woman claimed a $4 million winning instant lottery ticket. The 28-year-old said she’d actually dreamed of winning a $4 million lottery prize just a few months before her big win. The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot were Kevin and Stephanie Blake of Waterford who $21 million after splitting a $42 million jackpot on Oct. 13, 2017. Kevin picked the winning numbers by using a combination of family birthdays. After winning, the couple said they would not retire and would continue working. And while they were lucky winners, it’s smart for players to check their tickets immediately as a winner worth $1 million sold in Ypsilanti last year went unclaimed this month as well. The ticket was purchased at the CVS in Ypsilanti, but the winner never came forward to claim the prize. The money instead went to the state’s School Aid Fund. Speaking of coming forward, the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot from last year finally came forward this month as well. The winner’s identity was not revealed however as the player is from South Carolina, a state that allow winners to conceal their identity when claiming jackpot prizes. If you’d like to be the next player from Michigan to win a huge lottery prize, take a look at these tips from lottery expert Richard Lustig. The author of “Learn How To Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Lottery” has won more than $1 million in Florida by winning top jackpot prizes in smaller games.<doc-sep>
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery jackpot has jumped to $175 million with a cash option of $106.1 million. The winning numbers were: 18, 25, 43, 44, 57. The Mega Ball drawn was 25. The Megaplier was 4x. No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since March 12, when Hira Singh of Shawnee, Kansas won the $50 million top prize with a ticket he bought at QuikTrip in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then, 10 twice-weekly drawing have been held without a jackpot winner. In the most recent drawing on Tuesday, two second-prize tickets matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball were sold nationally. One bought in Virginia is worth $1 million. A ticket purchased in California is valued at $305,777. California lottery prizes vary depending on ticket sales and number of winner and differ from the fixed second prizes offered in other participating states. In New Jersey, a third-prize ticket sold at ShopRite on New York Avenue in Lyndhurst matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball. It’s worth $10,000. Tuesday’s winning numbers were: 11, 29, 34, 48 and 54. The Mega Ball drawn was 10 with a Megaplier of 2X. Last month, a 54-year-old man who lives in Alpha, Warren County hit the $273 million Mega Millions drawing. A Mega Millions ticket costs $2. The odds of a ticket matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. It’s a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize of at least $1 million by matching five numbers. Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman. Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon. Find NJ.com on Facebook.