She hopes that luck continues with the Mega Millions drawing Friday night. She can’t say if her store is lucky or not but tells CNN that one of her customers won $50,000 a few weeks ago and another won $1,000 last week. The lucky ticket sale came less than a month after the area was hard hit by Hurricane Ian. Mona Rawal owns the 7-Eleven in Fort Myers, Florida, where in October 2022 one of the two winning Mega Millions tickets was sold with a jackpot of nearly half a billion dollars. Prizes have also been won on Friday the 13th in New York, Ohio and Rhode Island. There have been six previous jackpots won on Friday the 13th – and four of them were in Michigan, the release said. Since then, more than 33 million winning tickets have been sold, including 68 players who took home $1 million or more, the lottery added. The last jackpot was won at $502 million on October 14, when there were two winning tickets from California and Florida, the Mega Millions said. The Mega Millions’ massive jackpot topped the billion-dollar mark after nearly three months without a winning ticket drawn. “Our member lotteries raise funds for many good causes, ranging from education to conservation programs. “Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is moving up and making history as the second highest Mega Millions jackpot ever,” the lottery said. The estimated jackpot is surpassed only by the lottery’s record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, the lottery said. The jackpot soared from $1.1 billion after Tuesday night’s drawing when no winner snagged the big prize, the lottery said in a news release Wednesday. It likely will take hours before lottery officials announce whether there is a winner of the top prize. Officials said the estimated annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion – the second-largest in the lottery’s history – while the potential lump sum cash payout is $724.6 million. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14. Just the Jackpot wagers are eligible for the Mega Millions Grand Prize ONLY! Just the Jackpot wagers are not eligible to win any other prize (non-Grand Prize) in the Mega Millions game.Friday the 13th might have ended up being someone’s lucky day. Just the Jackpot ® Play offers 2 chances to win the Mega Millions ® Grand Prize for $3.For a copy of the winner's list, please email us at Be sure to include the game(s) you want, your name and your mailing address.Click here to see the Megaplier prize chart. Beginning with the Octodrawing, the second-tier prize (Match 5 + 0) is increased by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times when Megaplier is purchased. 2 Megaplier ® Prize Amount - Any non-grand/jackpot prize you win in a Mega Millions play will be multiplied by the Megaplier number drawn if you have purchased the Megaplier feature. ![]() Each payment will be greater than the previous year's payment. ![]() Annual payments for Mega Millions ® are not equal. ![]() AP = 30 Annual Payments**The Grand/Jackpot Prize is paid in 30 annual graduated installments.1 Jackpot Option - payment option as designated on the winning ticket(s).A ticket is not a valid winning ticket until it is presented for payment and meets the Commission's validation requirements.Tickets must be claimed no later than 180 days after the draw date.View the Webcast of the official drawings. ![]()
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