The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery on January 5, offering a jackpot prize of $447 million, were revealed on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET. There were no winners of the jackpot.
The white ball numbers were 20, 43, 51, 55 and 57, while the yellow Mega Ball was 4 and the Megaplier was 2x.
Four lucky ticket holders won the second prize of $1 million, one of whom purchased the Megaplier and scooped $2 million.
Fifty-one players matched four balls plus the Mega Ball, winning them $10,000 each. Eight of those opted for the Megaplier, which won them $20,000 each.
There were 1,051 ticket holders who matched four balls, which earned them $500 each. Of those, 198 players won the Megaplier prize of $1,000.
There were also 2,884 winners who matched three white balls, each winning $200, with 459 of those players winning the Megaplier prize of $400.
The next Mega Millions draw will be on January 8 at 11 p.m. ET for an estimated jackpot prize of $490 million, with a cash-value option of $372.3 million.
There were no grand prize winners in last Friday's draw. But one player in Texas matched the first five white balls, minus the Mega Ball, winning $1 million. If the player had purchased the Megaplier for an extra $1, their prize would have been $5 million.
The Mega Millions drawing on Christmas Day also had no winners of the $352 million jackpot.
However, three players—one each in New Hampshire, New York and Texas—matched the five white balls to win $1 million.
The most recent jackpot winner was in Wisconsin on September 15, for a prize worth $120 million.
Jackpot winners last year include a $372 million ticket sold in Mentor, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and a $227 million ticket sold in Cedar Park, a suburb north of Austin, Texas.
How to play Mega Millions
Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Five white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70, while one yellow Mega Ball is drawn from balls numbered 1 through 25.
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. If no one wins the jackpot, the money is added to the top prize for the following draw.
Most states offer a Megaplier option, which costs an additional $1 per play and increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four or five times. Before each Mega Millions drawing, the Megaplier is drawn from a pool of 15 balls. Five of these balls are marked with 2X, six with 3X, three with 4X and one with 5X.
The odds of winning with a $2 Mega Millions ticket are 1 in 303 million. See the Mega Millions website for more information.
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