Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing gave Americans their shot at the game’s second-biggest jackpot in the game’s history and the fourth-biggest prize in U.S. lottery history.
The winning numbers were 30-43-45-46-61, with the Mega Ball being 14.
“Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is moving up and making history as the second highest Mega Millions jackpot ever,” Pat McDonald, lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement earlier this week after the 25th drawing in a row produced no winner Tuesday.
There have been just six billion-dollar jackpots in U.S. history, though three have been in just the past year, thanks to rule changes designed to make the pots grow faster.