The Mega Millions jackpot rolled over again on Friday night after no ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing, leaving the top prize untouched at an estimated $296 million.
The winning numbers drawn May 22 were 3, 22, 34, 54 and 61, with Mega Ball 8. No one matched all five white balls and the Mega Ball either, so the jackpot and secondary top prize both went unclaimed.
That leaves the next Mega Millions drawing for Tuesday, May 26, with an estimated jackpot of $311 million and a cash option of $136.4 million. The last jackpot was won March 17, when a lottery player in Ohio took home $60 million.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Tickets cost $5 per play, and in Michigan they are sold in stores and online until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night.
The game uses five white balls numbered 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball numbered 1 to 24. It also now includes a built-in multiplier, after Mega Millions retired the Megaplier feature, to boost non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times.
For players chasing the next headline-size prize, Tuesday night is the next shot. For everyone else, Friday’s result is a reminder that the ca lottery’s biggest game keeps moving until somebody finally matches every number.
