One ball. Just one little ping pong ball bouncing a different way.
That’s how close three New Jersey lottery players (two from Bergen County) came to winning Friday’s $980 million Mega Millions jackpot, which was won in Georgia.
The New Jersey Lottery announced on Saturday, Nov. 15 that three tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Mega Ball to win prizes on the $10,000 base level. With the built-in multiplier, the lottery players won $20,000 and $30,000.
Here’s where the winning tickets were sold:
A lottery player in Georgia won the estimated $980 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, Nov. 15, according to the Mega Millions website. 
Only one ticket matched all six numbers to win the eighth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever and the 14th largest US lottery jackpot (see lists below).
The Georgia Lottery announced the winning Quik Pik ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket on Highway 29 in Newnan, Ga. It is the 16th time the Mega Millions has been won in the state.
The Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 were: 1 – 8 – 11 – 12 – 57 and Megaball 7.
Here are the Top 10 Mega Millions jackpots ever:
Here’s a look at the top jackpots won in the United States, between the Powerball and the Mega Millions lotteries:

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The Tennessee Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Nov. 14, 2025, results for each game:
01-08-11-12-57, Mega Ball: 07
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
03-23-30-40-60, Cash Ball: 03
Check Cash4Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Morning: 5-8-6, Wild: 9
Midday: 3-7-9, Wild: 2
Evening: 2-1-6, Wild: 5
Check Cash 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Morning: 8-3-3-3, Wild: 0
Midday: 0-5-4-1, Wild: 1
Evening: 6-9-0-1, Wild: 5
Check Cash 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
02-09-10-18-24
Check Daily Tennessee Jackpot payouts and previous drawings here.
12-16-21-31-34, Bonus: 05
Check Tennessee Cash payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
All Tennessee Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599.
For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at Tennessee Lottery offices. By mail, send a winner claim form, winning lottery ticket, a copy of a government-issued ID and proof of social security number to P.O. Box 290636, Nashville, TN 37229. Prize claims less than $600 do not require a claim form. Please include contact information on prizes claimed by mail in the event we need to contact you.
To submit in person, sign the back of your ticket, fill out a winner claim form and deliver the form, along with the ticket and government-issued ID and proof of social security number to any of these locations:
Nashville Headquarters & Claim Center: 26 Century Blvd., Nashville, TN 37214, 615-254-4946 in the (615) and (629) area, 901-466-4946 in the (901) area, 865-512-4946 in the (865) area, 423-939-7529 in the (423) area or 1-877-786-7529 (all other areas in Tennessee). Outside Tennessee, dial 615-254-4946. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes of any amount.
Knoxville District Office: Cedar Springs Shopping Center, 9298 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922, (865) 251-1900. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.
Chattanooga District Office: 2020 Gunbarrel Rd., Suite 106, Chattanooga, TN 37421, (423) 308-3610. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.
Memphis District Office: Chiles Plaza, 7424 U.S. Highway 64, Suite 104, Memphis, TN 38133, (901) 322-8520. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.
Check previous winning numbers and payouts at https://tnlottery.com/.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Tennessean editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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Whitelist  Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder
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Mega Millions History Made In Georgia Friday Night With $980 Million Win  Yahoo
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Lotto player in Co Cork wins more than €294,000 in EuroMillions draw  The Irish Independent
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A ticket with all six numbers in Friday evening’s multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw was sold in Georgia with the estimated jackpot of $980 million, the 14th-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
The numbers drawn Friday were 1, 8, 11, 12, 57 and the Mega number was 7. The drawing was the 40th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The owner of the ticket has the option of receiving $980 million in 30 graduated annual installments or a lump sum cash payment of $452.2 million, according to the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game.
Both figures are subject to federal taxes.
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A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Michigan and is worth $3 million.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 290,472,336. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 23.
The jackpot was the eighth-largest in the history of the Mega Millions game, which began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002.
There have been six Powerball drawings with larger jackpots, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the Powerball game
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing will be $50 million.
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I woke up this morning ready—truly ready—to pack my imaginary bags, claim my imaginary keys to a sunny little Florida condo overlooking a golf course, and establish the kind of forever endowment that would let The Zebra Press, Alexandria’s beloved source for good news and community storytelling, coast proudly into the future on a cloud of financial security.
Because, as you might know, I am an eternal optimist. Eternal. Relentless. Borderline delusional most days, especially when jackpots approach a billion.
But then… reality.
Some fortunate person in Georgia matched all six Mega Millions numbers Friday night. While I was here carefully flattening out my crumpled Alexandria-bought ticket just in case the scanner “made a mistake,” someone down South is probably already scrolling Pinterest boards titled “Which Color Lamborghini Says Responsible Adult?”
Meanwhile, your faithful publisher is still right here—pounding the cobblestones—dreaming small dreams like “retire before 104,” “replace the printer,” and “maybe get a parking spot that’s not half a zip code away.”
The winning numbers, by the way, were 1, 8, 11, 12, 57 and Mega Ball 7—in case you’d like to confirm your own shattered hopes. The jackpot had crept up to $980 million, the eighth largest in Mega Millions history, and someone actually did it.
And yes, I briefly imagined The Zebra finally getting that permanent endowment. I pictured future generations saying, “Remember when Mary hit the jackpot and funded citywide good-news coverage for eternity?” Then I checked my numbers and thought, “Well. Maybe next Tuesday.”
But fear not: I may not have won $980 million, but I did win another week of doing what I love—telling Alexandria’s stories, covering the good people of this city, and cheering on our community one headline at a time.
And honestly? That’s a pretty great consolation prize.
(…though I still would’ve enjoyed that vacation condo.)
—Mary

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A Mega Millions player in Georgia won the $980 million jackpot on Friday, overcoming abysmal odds to win the huge prize.
The numbers selected were 1, 8, 11, 12 and 57 with the gold Mega Ball 7.
The winner overcame Mega Millions’ astronomical odds of 1 in 290.5 million by matching all six numbers. The next drawing will be on Tuesday.
A winner can choose an annuity or the cash option — a one-time, lump-sum payment of $452.2 million before taxes. If there are multiple jackpot winners, the prize is shared.
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