The Mega Millions lottery draw was conducted on Friday, September 9th, but there were no winners for the grand prize of $210 million, which means that the jackpot has now grown.
Jackpot rolls over
The numbers that were drawn in Friday night’s draw of the Mega Millions lottery were 16, 21, 54, 55 and 69, with 22 being the gold Mega Ball and 2X as the Megaplier.
The jackpot for Friday night stood at $210 million and it had a cash value of $114.3 million, but it remained unclaimed, as no one was able to match the winning numbers.
This means that the next draw on Tuesday, September 13th will have a jackpot of about $231 million and its cash value was around $125.8 million.
Other winners
While there were no winners for the grand prize on Friday, there were smaller monetary wins from the draw.
The latest drawing of the Mega Millions lottery saw one lucky player from Wisconsin walk away with a prize of $1 million after they hit the Match 5.
Had they decided to play the Megaplier, they would have doubled their winnings to $2 million. Apart from that, there were also six other players who managed to hit the Match 4 and the Mega Ball.
This allowed them to win a prize of $10,000 each. But, three of these winner also opted for the Megaplier, which meant that their winnings had increased to $20,000 each.
The other prizes for the Mega Millions draw were between $2 and $1,000. This latest jackpot comes after one player claimed a second-tier winning ticket in Texas that was worth $3 million.
The player had bought the ticket for the Mega Millions drawing on August 30th in Fort Worth at Terry’s Food.
Lottery winners can decide whether they want to claim a lump sum payment, or they want to go for an annuity.
Should they decide for the latter option, they are given an immediate payment, which is then followed by 20 annual payments that increase by 5% every year.
The Mega Millions lottery can be played in about 45 states, along with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
