With gold Mega Ball of 6 and a 3X Megaplier, the winning numbers that were drawn on Tuesday were 3, 7, 37, 49, and 55.

The winning ticket for Friday night's drawing of the Mega Millions, which has an estimated $1.22 billion jackpot, was bought in California.

Tuesday's winning numbers, which included the gold Mega Ball of 6, were 3, 7, 37, 49, and 55. 3X was the Megaplier. The fifth-largest reward in the history of the game was the big prize in Friday's drawing. Four players, two from California and one each from Arizona, Missouri, and Texas, won $1 million in addition to the prize when they matched all five white balls. There is a $549.7 million one-time cash payoff option for the projected $1.22 billion grand prize.

Instead of the annuity, which is paid out as one instant payment followed by 29 yearly payments, winners usually choose the cash award. There is a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of earning the ultimate prize.

The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was won before Friday's drawing was on September 10, when a player in Texas won $810 million, the eighth-largest jackpot in the history of the game, by matching all six numbers.

On August 8, 2023, a record $1.602 billion Mega Millions jackpot was won in Florida. Just behind two Powerball winning tickets for $2.04 billion and $1.765 billion, which were won in California in 2022 and 2023, respectively, that reward is the third-largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket in history.

Players will try to win the projected $20 million grand prize, which includes a $9 million cash option, in the next drawing on Tuesday. In addition to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mega Millions is played in 45 states. On the evening of the Tuesday and Friday draws, tickets must be purchased before 9:45 p.m.