Did you play Mega Millions for New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31, 2024) & buy a ticket at Publix in Parrish, Florida? It’s worth $1 million & expires in 6 months

Just won millions in the lottery? Congratulations! Here's what to do — and more importantly, not to do — to avoid making some very big mistakes.

Dec. 27, 2024, Mega Millions numbers were 3-7-37-49-55 and Mega Ball was 6. Winning ticket was sold at a Circle K in Cottonwood, California.

Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Minnesota and New Jersey won $1 million, just missing the $20 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Dec. 31, the national Mega Millions site said.

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to $95 million for Tuesday's drawing after no one won the top prize on Friday. If someone should match all six numbers in the Tuesday night drawing, they could choose a cash option of $41.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing to $95 million.

Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Friday, Jan. 10 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $77 million ($33.7 million cash option). The winning numbers for Friday's Mega Millions drawing are: 65,

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $77 million with a cash option of $33.7 million. The winning numbers were: 9, 23, 39, 65 and 66. The Mega Ball drawn was 22 with a Megaplier of 3X.