Mega Millions Winner: Here's Who Won The $1.35 Billion Jackpot
By Jason Hall
January 14, 2023
A single ticket sold in Maine matched all six numbers during the estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions drawing on Friday (January 14), according to MegaMillions.com.
Friday's game marked the first time a Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket was ever purchased in Maine.
The Mega Millions jackpot will reset to $20 million for Tuesday's (January 13) drawing after rising for 26 consecutive drawings.
Results from Friday's Mega Millions game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 30-43-45-46-61
GOLD BALL: 14
MEGAPLIER: 2x
Friday's jackpot was the second-highest in the game's history and offered the fourth-largest jackpot in the U.S. lottery history.
The Mega Millions jackpot reset after players in Florida and California won the $502 million jackpot on Friday, October 14, 2022.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are reported to be 1 in 302.5 million, according to MegaMillions.com.
The Mega Millions jackpot has exceeded the billion mark three previous times in its existence. In October 2018, a ticket was sold in South Carolina winning $1.537 billion ($878 million cash value), which is the world's largest jackpot for a single ticket and the largest cash value for a single ticket.
The Mega Millions and Powerball games offered a combined jackpot of more than $1.7 billion in 2021.
Mega Millions' jackpot reached $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $776.6 million on Friday, January 22, 2021, before a player in Michigan matched all six numbers. The jackpot was the second largest cash value ticket in lottery history.
Powerball's jackpot reached $731.1 million, with a cash option worth $546.8 million on Wednesday, January 20 2021, before a player in Maryland matched all six numbers. The jackpot was the third largest cash value for a single ticket in lottery history and the fourth largest in Powerball history.
Both jackpots increase during each following game until there's a winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions "gold ball" or Powerball in each respective game.