Indeed March is a Mega Millions jackpot winning month. Just 11 days into March and two rolls after the NJ $273 million win, another very lucky player, from Missouri this time, has struck the Mega Millions jackpot. This is the second time in March that the jackpot has been won. A rare occasion.

The winning numbers drawn were 10, 12, 16, 49, 57. Mega Ball 18. Megaplier was 4x.

According to the official Mega Millions website, the jackpot was $50 million. The cash option value read $30.1 million.

That also meant a jackpot reset to its starting prize of $40 million for Friday 15 March’s drawing. Friday night’s drawing will be worth $40 million with a cash option of $24.1 million.

However, while there was one jackpot prize winning ticket, no one else correctly matched all five white numbers drawn to win the games second prize level worth $1 million.

In total, there were 188,211 tickets sold in Michigan that won at least $4 in the drawing. Above all Michigan lottery winning tickets in this run, two tickets sold won $2,000 each. That was the largest prize won in Michigan.

About Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery game offered in 44 states including the state of Michigan, Washington D.C., and the US Virgin Islands. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 pm ET.

Five balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70. One ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25.

You win if the numbers you predicted on one row of your ticket match the winning numbers drawn on that run. There are nine ways to win a prize, from $2 to the jackpot prize. However, if no player wins the jackpot, the prize rolls over to the next drawing. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.