Mega Millions winning numbers, live results for Tuesday’s $361M lottery drawing

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s lottery drawing has jumped to an estimated $361 million, with a cash option of $169.2 million.
The winning numbers were: 18, 31, 33, 64 and 68. The Mega Ball was 17, with a Megaplier of 3X.
While no one across the country hit Friday’s $334 million jackpot, three second-prize tickets matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball were sold.
Tickets bought in Connecticut and Texas with the Megaplier option for an extra $1 apiece are worth $3 million each. A ticket purchased in Michigan is valued at $1 million.
In New Jersey, a $10,000 third-prize ticket was bought at Foley’s Family Market on White Horse Avenue in Hamilton, Mercer County, according to lottery officials. The ticket matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball.
Friday’s winning numbers were: 25, 28, 42, 64 and 69. The Mega Ball was 19, with a Megaplier of 3X.
The Mega Millions jackpot hasn’t been hit since a ticket worth $800 million was bought in Sugar Land, Texas for the Sept. 10 drawing.
Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 chance of a ticket matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball and winning at least $1 million. The odds of matching four numbers plus the Mega Ball for a prize of at least $10,000 are 931,001 to 1.
Mega Millions drawings are held each Tuesday and Friday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is worth an estimated $113 million with a cash option of $53.4 million.
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