Mega Millions lottery: Did you win Friday’s $155M Mega Millions drawing? Live results, winning numbers (01/31 - NJ.com

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $155 million with a cash option of $97.1 million.

The winning numbers were: 28, 31, 33, 57 and 62. The Mega Ball drawn was 19 with a Megaplier of 2X

UPDATE (SATURDAY): Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket in N.J. is worth $1 million as jackpot rises to $168M

The winner of the $375 million Mega Millions jackpot in the Dec. 17 drawing claimed the big prize in Ohio earlier this month after forming a trust, lottery officials said. “The Great Hope Trust" chose the cash option and will receive $182,555,782 after 28 percent state and federal taxes are deducted.

Sold in Mentor, Ohio, it’s now the 32nd-largest prize in U.S. lottery history and the 14th largest Mega Millions jackpot dating to the game’s inception in 2002.

No one hit Tuesday’s $141 Mega Millions drawing and no second-prize, $1 million tickets were bought across the country.

In New Jersey, 16 tickets were sold that matched four numbers. Four were bought with the Megaplier option for an extra $1 and are worth $1,500, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The other 12 are valued at $500 apiece.

Tuesday’s winning numbers were: 17, 36, 47, 51 and 62. The Mega Ball drawn was 21 with a Megaplier of 3X.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2 each and in New Jersey must be bought by 10:45 p.m. on the evening of the drawing. The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot by matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize of at least $1 million by matching five numbers.

Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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