The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $20 million with a cash option of $9 million for Wednesday night's drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on on Dec. 27 when a lottery player in California won $1.269 billion - the fifth largest Mega Millions ever.

The Mega Millions jackpot reset to $20 million after a ticket in California had the numbers to claim a $1.22 billion prize in Friday's draw.

Mega Millions, Powerball closed out 2024 with 3 record-setting jackpots. There have been 12 times in history that the grand prizes reached $1 billion.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the Mega Millions website.

Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Tuesday, Dec. 31 drawing on New Year's Eve with an estimated jackpot of $20 million ($9 million cash option). The winning numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing are: 13,

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a news release before the jackpot rose again to $1.22 billion.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $1 billion, with a cash option of $448.8 million. The winning numbers were: 11, 14, 38, 45, 46 The Mega Ball drawn was 3 with a Megaplier of 3x.

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing with a jackpot is back to $163 million ($73.9 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.