The Mega Millions lottery game rolled over for the 10th time and stood at $100 million for the 11 p.m. Friday drawing, Georgia Lottery officials announced. The jackpot has been growing since Nov. 4.
Friday's numbers were 12, 29, 49, 4, 51 and the Megaplier was 44.
The game offers two jackpot payment options: roughly$3.8 million a year for 26 years with the annuity option, or a single payment worth approximately $73 million with the cash option. Lottery officials put the odds of winning the jackpot at 1 in 175 million.
The last winning ticket was sold Nov. 1 in California. The biggest-ever jackpot prize was $390 million in March 2007 to winners in Georgia and New Jersey.
Mega Millions tickets are $1 per play plus an optional $1 for the “Megaplier” option to multiply prizes.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions numbers were 7, 21, 29, 35, 49, 39 and the Megaplier was 4.
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