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. Here are the Mega Millions winning numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2024: No one hit the jackpot so it will increase to an estimated $42 million with a cash option of $18.8 million for Friday night's drawing.

While all numbers have the same chance of winning statistically, the study analyzed winning numbers over the past decade to determine which were the "luckiest."

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a news release before the jackpot rose again to $1.22 billion.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the Mega Millions website.

The Arizona Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Arizona offers Powerball, Mega Millions, The Pick, Triple Twist, Fantasy 5 and Pick 3 as well as Scratchers, Quick Draw and Fast Play.

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing with a jackpot is back to $163 million ($73.9 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.

Powerball jackpot will be worth an estimated $178 million after zero players matched all six numbers during the $166 million drawing Monday (December 30) night. Results from Monday's Powerball game are listed below: NUMBERS: 9-19-33-38-39 POWERBALL: 1 POWER PLAY: 3x The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.