Winning numbers drawn for $843 million Mega Millions jackpot

The winning numbers for the eighth-largest Mega Millions jackpot were drawn Friday.

The numbers were: 16, 21, 23, 48, 70 and Mega Ball 5 in gold.

Friday’s 11 p.m. ET drawing was the 38th since the jackpot was last won in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak without a jackpot winner since the game began in 2002, according to a release from Mega Millions.

The previous record of 37 drawings was set on Jan. 22, 2021, when a $1.050 billion jackpot was won in Michigan, officials said.

“Even though the jackpot remains elusive, the number of winners – and total prizes won – continues to grow,” lottery officials said. “Through this jackpot so far, there have been nearly 11.7 million winning tickets across all tiers, with total prizes exceeding $274 million thanks to significant improvements in lower tier prizes after the game change last April.”

So far, there have been 256 third-tier winning tickets in this race, ranging from $20,000 to $100,000, Mega Millions officials said.

Before the $348 million jackpot won in Virginia on June 27, other jackpots awarded this year were in Ohio, with $112 million won on April 18, Illinois, with $349 million won on March 25, and Arizona, where $112 million was won on January 17.

Even though no one won the jackpot Tuesday, lottery officials said there was still plenty of money to be won in other prizes.

“In the November 4 drawing alone, there were 606,046 winning tickets across all levels, for a total win of more than $12.2 million nationwide,” officials said.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336, according to Mega Millions.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $5 for a game and the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever was a $1.6 billion prize won on August 8, 2023.