Mega Millions Drawing For 02/21/20: Friday Jackpot is $50 Million - Newsweek

The Mega Millions jackpot for 02/21/20 is $50 million, and the drawing will be held at 11 p.m. ET tonight.

For the latest results when they happen Friday night, keep this page bookmarked and refresh it to see if you hold the winning numbers.

Tonight's 02/21/20 jackpot is $50 million, with a cash-value option of $36.3 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing.

The winning numbers on Tuesday (02/18/20) for the $45 million jackpot were: 06-12-39-61-70 with a Mega Ball of 04. The Megaplier was 3x.

There was no grand prize winner from Tuesday's drawing, but there were two tickets that matched the first five white balls for the game's second prize of $1 million. Had the megaplier been purchased for an extra $1, then the second prize would have been worth $3 million.

There were nine tickets second sold nationwide on Tuesday that matched four of the five white balls and the Mega Ball for the $10,000 third prize. Two of those purchased the Megaplier for an extra $1 for third-prize winnings of $30,000 each.

The previous Mega Millions grand prize winner was Tuesday 02/11/20 for $202 million with a ticket sold in New Jersey. The previous grand prize winner before that was Tuesday 12/17/19 for $372 million with a ticket sold in Ohio.

Prior to that, a $227 million ticket was sold on 09/24/19 in the city of Cedar Park, Texas—a suburb north of Austin. The winner from nearby Leander came forward to claim that prize, but they wished to remain anonymous.

Powerball and Mega Millions Tickets — Mega Millions and Powerball tickets sold in Texas during January 2020. Neither of the tickets were winners, and the jackpot kept soaring for each game in the new year. Scott McDonald/Newsweek

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery every Tuesday and Friday night, and it is one of America's two biggest lottery jackpot games. Mega Millions jackpots start at $40 million, and other prizes pay from $1 million to $2 million or more with a Megaplier. Tickets are $2 per line, and odds of winning with a $2 Mega Millions ticket are one in 303 million. For more information on Mega Millions, or to check your past numbers, visit its website.

Powerball is the other multi-state lottery, and it also starts at $40 million. Its drawings take place shortly after 11 p.m. ET on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Here is the Powerball website for more information, or to check past winning numbers.

Friday night we will post the Mega Millions 02/21/20 drawing payouts and tell if there was a winner and where that winner came from, if so.

Here are the top 10 Mega Millions Jackpots to date:

Amount/Date/Winning Tickets

$1.537 billion 10/23/2018 1-SC

$656 million 3/30/2012 3-IL, 1-KS, 1-MD

$648 million 12/17/2013 2-CA, 1-GA

$543 million 7/24/2018 1-CA

$536 million 7/8/2016 1-IN

$533 million 3/30/2018 1-NJ

$522 million 6/07/2019 1-CA

$451 million 1/5/2018 1-FL

$414 million 3/18/2014 2-FL, 1-MD