Mega Millions Numbers, Live Results for 10/9/18 Drawing: Will $470 Million Jackpot Winner Be Drawn Tonight?

Feeling lucky today? Tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot drawing is for $470 million, the sixth largest in the game’s history. You can purchase tickets until 10:45 p.m. ET tonight (a few states extend sales until 10:50 p.m. ET). We will update this live post with the winning numbers tonight at 11 p.m. ET when the results are drawn by lottery officials.

So, you can bookmark this page and return tonight to see if you hold the winning numbers. Tonight’s 10/9/18 jackpot is estimated at $470 million, with a cash option of $265 million. The jackpot could increase if ticket sales outpace projections from lottery officials.

We'll update 10/9/18 numbers at 11 p.m. ET:

Winning numbers are: (????)
Mega Ball: (??)
Megaplier: (?)

Mega Millions is a multistate lottery and one of America’s two biggest lottery jackpot games. Jackpots start at $40 million, and other prizes pay from $1 million to $2 million or more with a Megaplier. Tickets are $2 and odds of winning with a $2 Mega Millions ticket are one in 303 million.

Wednesday morning we will post the Mega Millions 10/9/18 drawing payouts and tell if there was a winner and where that winner came from, if so.

Here are the top Mega Millions Jackpots to date:

Amount/Date/Winning Tickets

$656 million 3/30/2012 3-IL, KS, MD

$648 million12/17/2013 2-CA, GA

$543 million7/24/2018 1-CA

$536 million7/8/2016 1-IN

$533 million3/30/2018 1-NJ

$451 million1/5/2018 1-FL

$414 million3/18/2014 2-FL, MD

$393 million8/11/2017 1-IL

$390 million3/6/2007 2-GA, NJ