Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the $344 million prize on March 25. The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $43 million. The cash option is about $20.5 million. If no one wins, the jackpot climbs higher for the next drawing.

The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois last month, who took home a $344 million jackpot. The winner marks the first time since Jan. 18 that someone has hit the Mega Millions jackpot. Here are the winning numbers from the drawing on Friday, April 4, 2025.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $43 million, with a cash option of $20.5 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers after the drawing.

The Mega Millions Consortium estimates the average jackpot win will be more than $800 million under the new rules compared to the current approximately $450 million. They say the

So in essence, lottery officials say, players will pay $5 for access to non-jackpot prizes that previously cost $3. Players who won $2 in the old game will take home $10, $15, $20, $25 or $50 once the revamped game launches April 8 due to the automatic multipliers.

A $349 million Mega Millions jackpot remains unclaimed in Illinois, with the winning ticket sold at Casey's General Store in Cortland, and the winner has 12 months to claim their prize.

A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $100,000 but just missed the $31 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Power Play and the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday,