CLEVELAND — Although nobody hit the $977 million jackpot in the latest Mega Millions drawing on Friday, March 22, 2024, lottery officials say there were thousands of other winners who hit smaller prizes throughout Ohio.
Here's a look at all the winners throughout the Buckeye State from Friday night's drawing as listed by the Ohio Lottery:
- $30,000 prize: 1 winner
- $10,000 prize: 2 winners
- $1,500 prize: 16 winners
- $600 prize: 51 winners
- $500 prize: 47winners
- $200 prize: 123 winners
- $30 prize: 2,131 winners
- $12 prize: 6,906 winners
- $10 prize: 5,432 winners
- $6 prize: 16,344 winners
- $4 prize: 18,671 winners
- $2 prize: 44,790 winners
The lucky Mega Millions numbers for the Friday night drawing are 3, 8, 31, 35, 44 and Mega Ball 16. The Megaplier option for this drawing is 3x.
The Mega Millions jackpot now soars to $1.1 billion, which features a cash option worth $525.8 million. The next drawing will take place on Tuesday, March 26 at 11 p.m.
Lottery officials say the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are one in 302,575,350.
Are you feeling lucky? Ohio has recently seen some big winners in previous lottery drawings. Those winners include...
2024 LOTTERY WINNERS
- March 9 in Powerball: $2 million winner in Columbus
- Feb. 6 in Mega Millions: $1 million ticket sold in Ashland
2023 LOTTERY WINNERS
- Dec. 30 in Powerball: $1 million ticket sold in Highland Heights
- Dec. 25 in Powerball: Two $100,000 prizes sold in Cuyahoga Falls and Wellington, respectively
Dec. 18 in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year scratch-off game: $500,000 prize sold in Cuyahoga Falls - Dec. 16 in Powerball: $150,000 prize sold in Mentor
- Nov. 14 in Mega Millions: $4 million winning ticket sold in Swanton
- Oct. 10 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Medina
- Oct. 9 in Classic Lotto: $5.5 million winning ticket sold in Parma Heights
- Oct. 7 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Curtice
- July 19 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Xenia
- July 18 in Mega Millions: $1 million winning ticket sold in Brook Park
- June 14 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Fairfield
- June 9 in Mega Millions: $1 million winning ticket sold in Moraine
- May 31 in Powerball: Ticket sold in New Albany hits $1 million prize
- April 27 in Make My Year scratch-off game: A winning ticket worth $2.5 million is sold at a GetGo store in Alliance
- April 26 drawing in Lucky For Life: A winning ticket sold at an East End Express in Hubbard hit the second-tier prize that pays $25,000 per year for life
- April 19 drawing in Powerball: A winning ticket sold at a GetGo in Summit County wins the jackpot worth $252.6 million
- April 18 drawing in Mega Millions: One ticket sold at a Circle K in Berea wins a $1 million prize
- March 13 drawing in Powerball: A winning ticket sold in southern Ohio hits $2 million
- Jan. 10 drawing in Mega Millions: Two $1 million winning tickets sold in Ohio
- Jan. 7 drawing in Powerball: Winning ticket worth $2 million sold in Vermilion