The Mega Millions is back down to $50 million with one lucky person in Georgia winning the $980 million jackpot Nov. 14, after no one matched the winning numbers in the drawing Nov. 11.
If a lucky ticket holder matches all six numbers in the Mega Millions lottery numbers, they will have the option of a one-time cash payment of $23.2 million.
The jackpot was the eighth largest since the game began in 2002, according to the folks at Mega Millions. The largest single prize in recent history came on Dec. 27, 2024, when one lucky winner in California won a $1.269 billion jackpot.
On April 18, a player right here in Ohio took home a $112 million jackpot. Other winners include a ticket holder in Illinois who won $344 million on March 25 and another on Jan. 17 for $113 million.
Here are the winning numbers from the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
The winning numbers for Friday, Nov. 14: 1, 8, 11, 12, 57, and the Megaball was 7.
There was one winner of the Nov. 14, 2025, jackpot. The Nov. 18, 2025, Mega Millions lottery jackpot now stands at $50 million.
To play the Mega Millions, all you have to do is buy a ticket. You can do this at several locations, including your local convenience store, gas station or even grocery store. In some states, you can buy Mega Millions tickets online.
Once you have your ticket, you need to pick six numbers. Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70. The gold Mega Ball ranges from 1 to 24. You can ask for a randomly generated “Quick Pick“ or an ”Easy Pick.“
Mega Millions tickets have a built-in multiplier that increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five, or 10 times.
Mega Millions/Megaplier drawing are held at 11 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday. To view the Mega Millions drawings go to the Official Mega Millions site.
All non-jackpot wins can increase based on the multiplier amount ranging from 2X to 10X times the listed prize amount. The overall odds of winning a prize is 1 in 23.07.
Yes. The multiplier is automatically applied to every wager. The multipliers come in 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10, so that means if a player matches all five white balls in the Mega Millions, they could win up to $10 million.
The multiplier does not count for the jackpot.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, including Ohio, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. If you buy a winning Mega Millions ticket outside of Ohio, you cannot redeem it in the Buckeye State.
The unlucky states where you can’t buy Mega Millions tickets include Nevada, Utah, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii.