Mega Millions jackpot rises to $443M after Friday drawing produces no top-prize or Match 5 winners

The Mega Millions jackpot has grown again after the Friday, October 23 drawing produced no top-prize winner. The advertised prize for that draw was $433 million. Nobody matched all six numbers, and the draw also had no Match 5 winners, meaning no ticket matched all five white balls.

The winning numbers were 3, 7, 46, 49 and 51, with a gold Mega Ball of 5. Had a ticket matched them all, the holder could have chosen between the full $433 million as an annuity and a one-time lump sum of $178.6 million.

The highest prizes came from the third tier, which requires four white numbers plus the Mega Ball. Three players across the US won at that level, and the multiplier decided the size of each payout. One player won $20,000 with a 2x multiplier, one won $30,000 with a 3x multiplier, and one won $40,000 with a 4x multiplier, the top prize of the drawing.

Because the jackpot was not claimed, it has risen to $443 million for the next drawing, scheduled for Tuesday, October 27. A winner would again be able to choose between the annuity and a cash option, which is now $186.5 million.

Recent Mega Millions drawings have produced several Match 5 wins, even though the jackpot has not been hit. The most recent was a $5 million prize won by a player in New York on October 16. In an earlier drawing, a player in New Jersey won $2 million and a player in Florida won $3 million after matching all five white numbers.

A jackpot that keeps rolling over without a winner tends to raise the profile of a lottery game, and the climb to $443 million places Mega Millions among the larger prizes currently on offer in the US lottery market.