LANSING, MI - The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow at a rapid rate as there was no winner of the $253 million jackpot for the drawing on Friday, Dec. 22.
That means the drawing on Tuesday, Dec. 26 will be worth $277 million with a cash option of $172 million.
The Mega Millions numbers for Dec. 22: 01-20-30-33-42
The Gold Mega Ball: 16
The Megaplier: 4
Mega Millions winners for Dec. 22:
While there was no grand prize winner, one ticket sold in California matched all five white numbers drawn to win $1 million.
However, that player did not play the Megaplier option which would have increased the winnings to $4 million.
There were 326,018 tickets sold that won at least $4 in the drawing. In Michigan, 14,566 tickets sold won at least $4 in the drawing.
One ticket sold in Michigan matched four white balls and played the Megaplier to win $2,000 in the drawing. That was the largest prize won in the state.
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 24. The odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 259 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, Dec. 23 with an estimated jackpot of $269 million and a cash option of $191.1 million.
The next Lotto 47 drawing is also Saturday night, Dec. 23 at 7:29 p.m. with a jackpot of $1.15 million. Deadline is 7:08 p.m. that day.
Saturday's Fantasy 5 jackpot is an estimated $100,000. 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.
LANSING, MI -- The Powerball jackpot is now worth an astounding $300 million for the drawing on Saturday, Dec. 23. The cash option for tonight's drawing is worth $191.1 million.
Once again, MLive will be providing live results of tonight's drawing and will update this story with the winning numbers as they come in.
The winning numbers are:01-03-13-15-44
Powerball: 25
Power Play: 2
The drawing comes one night after the Mega Millions drawing worth $253 million was held.
Mega Millions results for 12/22/17; did anyone win the $253M jackpot?
I'll be jumping in the comments section around 10:55 this evening to chat about the lottery and to share our dreams on what we would do with the money.
The drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the following TV stations throughout the state:
WBKB-TV 11 (CBS),
WDIV-TV 4 (NBC),
WNEM-TV 5 (CBS),
WXSP-TV (MyNetwork TV),
WLAJ-TV 53 (ABC),
WMKG-TV 38 (IND),
WLUC-TV 6 (NBC/FOX) and
WGTU-TV 29/WGTQ-TV 8 (ABC).
Follow the drawing, MLive will publish an update in the morning that includes whether or not anyone won the jackpot.
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