Mega Millions winning numbers: December 30, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Mega Millions jackpot is even nearer to a billion {dollars} after 21 straight drawings with out a winner. There is $685 million on the road for a possible winner on Friday.

The winning numbers for Friday’s grand prize have been 1-3-6-44-51 and Mega Ball 7.

The money possibility, which most winners select, was $347.8 million for Friday’s drawing, in line with Mega Millions.

Players should match all 5 numbers and the gold Mega Ball quantity to win the jackpot. Players face astronomical odds for a jackpot win: 1 in 302.5 million.

The subsequent drawing is Tuesday, Jan. 3.

While $685 million is a life-changing amount of cash, it nonetheless pales compared to a number of the largest jackpots for Mega Millions and Powerball this yr. 

After months of hype, a single Powerball ticket in California won the record-setting $2.04 billion jackpot in November. The winners haven’t but come ahead or been recognized. California regulation requires winners to come back ahead publicly, however they’ve a yr to take action. 

Over the summer time, a near-record $1.377 billion Mega Millions jackpot had Americans in a lottery frenzy in July. A winner in Illinois ultimately put the run to an finish and matched all six numbers to take house the grand prize. Two individuals got here ahead to assert it, however selected to remain nameless, one thing that’s allowed in Illinois however not each state. 

In October, the jackpot climbed once more to almost half-a-billion {dollars}. Two ticket-holders in California and Florida matched all six Mega Millions numbers, splitting an estimated prize of $494 million between the 2 of them.

Mega Millions is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.