In the last Mega Millions drawing on Friday, April 14, a ticket sold in New York won the soaring jackpot prize. Friday’s jackpot ended up larger than estimated because of high ticket sales. The New York player will have a choice between a $483 million annuity, or $256.9 million cash, before taxes.
This was the 13th-largest jackpot for Mega Millions since the game launched in 2002. So far in 2023, there have been five Mega Millions jackpots won. Four of them were hit in the month of January. The last two jackpot winners hit the prize exactly a week apart on Jan. 24 and Jan. 31. Both winners were in Massachusetts.
The jackpot now restarts at $20 million for the next drawing on Tuesday.
Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday, April 14, 2023
Winning numbers: 23-27-41-48-51
Mega Ball: 22
Multiplier: 2x
Recent Mega Millions drawings and winners
In last Tuesday’s drawing, one ticket sold in Florida hit a $3 million prize by matching all five white balls, with the Megaplier ticket option. The Megaplier is a $1 ticket add-on that multiplies all prizes other than the jackpot.
Two other tickets matched the first five without Megaplier, to win $1 million each. Those winning tickets were sold in Arizona and California.
Pennsylvania had a big winner in last Friday’s drawing. One ticket sold in Westmoreland County hit the second-tier prize of $1 million.
Remember that the first five numbers on your ticket are printed in sequential order. You can match those numbers in any order. The Mega Ball number is the only exception. That ball is drawn last, from a separate pool of 25 numbers, and must match your ticket’s last number.
Previous winning numbers
Tues. April 11 winning numbers: 31-35-53-54-55 Mega Ball 24
Fri. April 7 winning numbers: 12-32-49-51-66 Mega Ball 21
Tues. April 4 winning numbers: 1-37-45-62-64 Mega Ball 4
Fri. March 31 winning numbers: 16-26-27-42-61 Mega Ball 23
Mega Millions prizes and odds
Matching even one or two numbers can win a prize with the draw game. In all, there are nine ways to win. Matching only the Mega Ball pays $2, and adding a white ball to that makes the prize $4.
The odds of winning any prize on a ticket are 1 in 24. The odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million. Your odds of hitting the second-tier prize of $1 million or more on a single ticket are 1 in 12.5 million.
These tickets cost $2 and are available in 45 states, plus Washington D.C. and the US Virgin Islands.
Where to buy PA Lottery and other draw game tickets online
In Pennsylvania, players can buy Mega Millions, Powerball, Treasure Hunt, Cash4life, Match 6 Lotto and the PICK games online at the PA iLottery. New users can get a $20 free play bonus and a deposit match bonus of up to $500 by signing up through our link.
Other states that sell online lottery tickets include:
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- New York
- North Dakota
- North Carolina
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Virginia
- Washington D.C.
