What are the winning numbers for Friday’s $740 million Mega Millions jackpot?

In March, a lucky winning ticket from New Jersey won the $1.128 billion jackpot, only the sixth time in the lottery’s history that the prize exceeded the one-billion mark.

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While not quite as big, the most recent whopper of a jackpot was won on June 10 with one lucky ticketholder fetching $552 million.

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That reset the jackpot to its starting amount of $20 million which has been steadily growing without anyone yet beating the astronomical odds to win by matching all five winning numbers plus the Mega Ball drawn.

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What are the winning numbers for Friday, 6 September? The winning numbers today are 6-23-41-59-63 and 25 Mega Ball. The Megaplier is 2x.

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What are the biggest Mega Millions jackpots ever? The 8 August 2023 jackpot was the fifth to have exceeded the $1 billion mark in Mega Millions history, and at $1.58 billion became the biggest to be won since the lottery began.

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The second-largest ever Mega Millions jackpot win was in October 2018, when a player in South Carolina claimed a $1.537 billion prize.

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A ticket costs $2. To play, you have to choose six numbers from two separate pools: five ‘white’ numbers between 1 and 70, plus a ‘Mega Ball’ number from 1 to 25. To secure the jackpot, all six numbers must match those that are drawn.

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