Mega Millions Numbers: Are You the Lucky Winner of Friday’s $281 Million Jackpot?

Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to grow after someone won the $800 million prize on September 10.

Here are the winning numbers for Friday’s draw:

11-22-42-46-51; Mega Ball: 04; Megapliers: 2X

The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $281 million. The cash option is about $131.5 million. If no one wins, the jackpot goes higher for the next draw.

According to the game’s official websitethe odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

Players choose six numbers from two separate pools of numbers – five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25 – or choose Easy Pick. A player wins the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a draw.

Jackpot winners can choose whether to receive 30 annual payments, each five percent higher than the last, or a lump sum.

Mega Millions drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays and are offered in 45 states, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each.