Winning $348M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In VA

A ticket sold in Virginia matched all six numbers in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, winning a $348 million jackpot. State lottery officials said it's the largest-ever prize won in Virginia's history.

Friday's winning numbers were white balls 18, 21, 29, 42 and 50. The gold Mega Ball was 2. The jackpot had been rolling since it was last won in Ohio on April 18.

Lottery officials have not revealed where the winning ticket was sold.

Virginia was one of the six lotteries that first created the Big Game in 1996, which became Mega Millions in 2002. Friday night’s win was Virginia’s tenth and largest Mega Millions jackpot win and its first since 2016. It's also the second jackpot won under the new $5 game format, which began with the April 8 drawing.

While no one won a second-tier prize in Friday's drawing, five tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the game’s third-tier prize. One had the 2X multiplier for $20,000 (California), three had the 3X multiplier for $30,000 (Indiana, Massachusetts, and Vermont), and one had the 4X multiplier for $40,000 (New Jersey).

The jackpot for the next drawing on Tuesday resets to its new starting value of $50 million.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 each and include a randomly assigned multiplier, which multiplies the base prize levels by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X.

Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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