All the information you need on Friday’s Mega Millions winning numbers – and the prizes up for grabs even if you don’t hit the jackpot.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 302,575,350 to 1, so the deck is definitely stacked against you. But if you choose to play, what will you get for the more modest prizes?
Friday’s winning white balls were 16, 21, 23, 48 and 70. The gold Mega Ball was 5.
#MegaMillions results are in.

Here are the winning numbers for tonight,
Friday, Nov. 7

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No: An estimated jackpot of $843 million ($391.7 million cash option) was up for grabs in Friday’s drawing, but the lottery’s organizers say there were no winners of the grand prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot, which was last won on June 27, has now grown to an estimated $900 million ($415.3 million cash option).
The next drawing will take place on Tuesday, November 11.
When you play Mega Millions, you need to choose six numbers from two separate pools for the drawing. Players choose five numbers between 1 and 70 for the white balls and one number for a gold ball from 1 to 25.
There are a total of nine ways to win a prize in Mega Millions, ranging from recovering your initial $2 buy-in to the jackpot. Players can increase their prize amounts by spending an extra $1 for the Megaplier option to win two, three, four or even five times as much. However the Megaplier only applies to non-jackpot prizes.
All Mega Millions states set the 2nd through 9th prizes at pre-determined amounts, except California, where all prize payouts are based on sales and the number of winners. Starting from the smallest, and thus the highest odds of winning.
If your gold Mega Ball matches the one that is drawn you will breakeven, getting your $2 ticket purchase back. The odds of your ticket matching only the gold Mega Ball is 1 in 37.
If you choose one correct number plus the Mega Ball you’ll bring home $4. The odds more than double to a 1 in 89 chance.
If your ticket matches two numbers and the Mega Ball you’ll get $20 but the odds to get there begin to skyrocket to 1 in 693.
The odds of getting three correct numbers are a bit better at 606 to 1, but you still take home $20.
If you purchase a ticket that matches three numbers and the Mega Ball you’ll finally get back enough money to treat yourself or someone else to something special. The odds to get that $400 in your pocket jump to 1 in 14,547.
The odds of buying a ticket containing four numbers without the Mega Ball more than double again to 38,792 to 1 chance, but so too does the prize at $1,000.
Now the prize really climbs as do the odds for hitting four numbers plus the Mega Ball. If you can overcome the roughly 931,001 to 1 odds you’ll be able to take that holiday you’ve been putting off with the $20,000 prize. You’re twice as lucky, or better said unlucky, to be hit by lightning at this point (500,000 to 1).
To get the $2 million prize you’ll need to match the numbers on the five white balls drawn without the Mega Ball and beat the 12,607,306 to 1 odds.
Everyone who plays the lottery, and many who don’t, think about “the what would I do with all that money?”. The vast majority who do play will keep dreaming with the odds stacked seriously against them with just 302,575,350 to 1 shot of buying a ticket that matches all five numbers and the Mega Ball.
Just about anything that could happen is more likely than winning the jackpot. However if you were to be so lucky, you would get two choices: either receive the prize as an annuity – a series of payments over the years – or as an up-front lump sum.
The Mega Millions annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments. Each payment is 5% bigger than the previous one to keep up with inflation.
For a jackpot of $100 million, the initial payment would be about $1.5 million, and future annual payments would grow to about $6.2 million.
Although less than the prize announced for the overall pot, the one-time, lump-sum payment is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
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“Every action that might be disliked by a class of people may not necessarily lead to the outraging of religious sentiments because an act without the intention to outrage religious feelings would not be covered under Section 295A.”
Bombay High Court: In a writ petition filed by the famous singer Kailash Kher seeking quashing of a complaint registered against him under Sections 295A¹ and 298² of the Penal Code,1860 (‘IPC’) for singing in a Lord Shiva song with a specific depiction, the Division Bench of Bharati Dangre and Shyam C. Chandak, JJ., allowed the petition holding that merely because Kailash Kher was singing the song being surrounded by a large number of people who independently performed their roles assigned to them, the ingredients of Section 295A of IPC were not made out. Similarly, regarding Section 298 of IPC, the Court held that the complainant failed to make out even a prima facie case of his religious feelings being wounded with a deliberate intention attributed to Kailash Kher.
The complainant, a worshiper of Lord Shiva, bought a CD of Kailash Kher’s new album ‘Kailasa Jhoomo Re’ and watched the video for the song ‘Babam Bam’ wherein Kailash Kher was singing about Lord Shiva and dancing with a girl who was scantily clothes. Allegedly, watching the same hurt the religious feelings of the complainant, and he filed the case before the Court of Ilaka Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana, against Kailash Kher as well as the producer, Sony Music Entertainment Pvt Ltd (‘Sony’). Aggrieved, Kailash Kher filed the present petition.
On the issue of jurisdiction, the Court agreed with the contention that the Court had jurisdiction since Kailash Kher was a singer located in Bombay, he had a global appeal, and he was required to travel across the length and breadth of the country for his shows and shooting. As far as Sony was concerned, the Court noted that it had its office in Mumbai. Furthermore, except for the filing of the complaint by the complainant in Ludhiana, no cause of action had arisen within the jurisdiction of the said Court.
The Court further noted that the album featuring the petitioner was recorded on CDs available for sale in the entire country, and just because the complainant viewed the song in Ludhiana, he chose to file the complaint in Ludhiana. Since the song was produced by Sony, which was situated in Mumbai, it could not be said that the exclusive cause of action arose in Ludhiana, but instead, it arose in Mumbai. Thus, the Court held that it had jurisdiction to entertain the present petition.
The Court stated that the necessary ingredient of Section 295A of the IPC was the deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India by words, either spoken or written, by signs, or by visible representations otherwise, when it amounted to insulting or attempting to insult the religion or religious belief of that class. To attract the offence under Section 295A, what was necessary to be demonstrated was a deliberate attempt by Kailash Kher to hurt religious sentiments. The Court stated that the test to invoke Section 295A is whether the act has the potential to disturb public order or morality.
In this regard, the Court noted that the only accusation against Kailash Kher was that he was dancing with some scantily dressed girls, and a girl and boy were kissing each other in the song. Such picturization was allegedly to hurt the religious feelings and emotions of the complainant. The Court remarked that deliberate and malicious intention was absent on the part of Kailash Kher, who was just singing the song. Additionally, he was neither the producer of the album nor did he direct its filming/recording. The Court held that merely because Kailash Kher was singing the song being surrounded by many people who had independently performed the role assigned to them by the Director, the ingredients of Section 295A of IPC were not made out.
The Court added that every action that might be disliked by a class of people may not necessarily lead to the outraging of religious sentiments because an act without the intention to outrage religious feelings would not be covered under Section 295A.
The Court referred to Ramji Lal Modi v. State of U.P. 1957 SCC OnLine SC 77, wherein the Supreme Court held that Section 295A does not penalise any and every act of insult to or attempt to insult the religion or religious feelings of a class of citizens, which are perpetuated with the deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of that class. Insults to religion offered unwittingly, carelessly, or without any deliberate or malicious intention to outrage the religious feelings of that class are not encompassed within the said provision.
The Court added that the one who alleges a malicious and deliberate act on the part of another has to prove it, and then it would be considered what act could be said to have been done maliciously. A man acts maliciously when he wilfully and without lawful excuse does something that he knows will injure another in person or property. The term ‘malicious’ denotes ill-will, perversion, or incorrigible disposition. It means and implies an intention to do an act which is wrongful to the detriment of another. Whether a person has acted corruptly or maliciously is a question of fact which must be proved.
The Court stated that the alleged act of Kailash Kher, though he had only vocalized the song, would have to be tested against the fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression and liberty of conscience guaranteed to every citizen under the Constitution. Though the Constitution does not guarantee it as an absolute right, reasonable fetters can be imposed by law under Article 19(2) of the Constitution.
The Court mentioned a quote from A.G. Noorani, a famous Supreme Court advocate, scholar, author, and political commentator, which reads, “Intolerance of dissent from the orthodoxy of the day has been the bane of Indian society for centuries. But it is precisely in the ready acceptance of the right to dissent as distinct from the mere tolerance that a free Society distinguishes itself.” The Court stated that this quote aptly described the situation. While safeguarding the freedom of speech, the burden lay on the complainant to prove the ingredients of Section 295A, as it was intended to deal with an offence that was more serious than the one punishable under Section 298 of IPC, which related to words uttered in presence of the person with intention of wounding his religious feelings.
The Court underscored that another important aspect was the requirement for obtaining a sanction under Section 196(1) of the CrPC for prosecuting Kailash Kher under Section 295A, without which the prosecution could not be sustained. Similarly, as far as the offence under Section 298 of IPC was concerned, the Court held that the complainant failed to make out even a prima facie case of his religious feelings being wounded with a deliberate intention attributed to Kailash Kher. The lyrics of the song sung by him were nothing but praise of Lord Shiva and the attributes of his mighty character, nothing else.
Accordingly, the Court allowed the petition holding that it was satisfied that the present case fell within clause (1) of the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335 wherein the Supreme Court permitted the High Courts to exercise its powers for quashing a case when the allegations, even on face value and accepted in its entirety, do not prima facie constitute any offence or make out a case against the accused.
Thus, the complaint case was quashed and set aside.
[Kailash Kher v. State of Maharashtra, 2025 SCC OnLine Bom 594, decided on 04-03-2025]
Judgment authored by: Justice Bharati Dangre
Advocates who appeared in this case:
For the petitioner: Ashok M Saraogi, Priti Rao, and Amit Dubey
For the respondent: APP D.S. Krishnaiyar


1. Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
2. Section 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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Watch Mega Millions drawings streamed on ABC 7 New York on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
NEW YORK (WABC) — Numbers were drawn in Friday's $843 Mega Millions jackpot.
The numbers were: 16-21-23-48-70 Mega Ball: 5
Tuesday's winning numbers were: 11-17-57-50-14 Mega Ball: 6
Friday's drawing will be the 38th drawing since the jackpot was last won in Virginia on June 27.
It's the longest streak without a jackpot winner since the game began in 2002; the previous record of 37 drawings was set January 22, 2021, when a $1.050 billion jackpot was won in Michigan.
It has been a while since the Mega Millions jackpot was won during November; the last time was in 2016. Since the game began in 2002, though, there have been 16 jackpots won during the month; the largest to date was a $326 million prize won in New York on November 4, 2014.
Tickets are $5 each and include a randomly assigned multiplier, multiplying the base prize levels by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X. Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold, where the money supports designated good causes and retailer commissions.
The overall odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 23; the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336.
Mega Millions is available in 45 states, plus Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
1. $1.602 billion, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket in Florida)
2. $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket in South Carolina)
3. $1.348 billion, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket in Maine)
4. $1.337 billion, July 29, 2022 (one ticket in Illinois)
5. $1.22 billion, Dec. 27, 2024 (one ticket in California)
6. $1.128 billion, March 26, 2024 (one ticket in New Jersey)
7. $1.050 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket in Michigan)
8. $810 million, Sept. 10, 2024 (one ticket in Texas)
9. $656 million, March 30, 2012 (three tickets in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland)
10. $648 million, Dec. 17, 2013 (two tickets sold in California, Georgia)
1. $2.040 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one ticket: California)
2. $1.787 billion. Powerball. Sept. 6, 2025 (two tickets: Missouri and Texas)
2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one ticket: California)
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket: Florida)
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets: California, Florida and Tennessee)
5. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket: South Carolina)
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket: Maine)
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket: Illinois)
8. $1.269 billion, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024 (one ticket: California)
9.$1.128 billion Mega Millions, March 26, 2024 (one ticket, from New Jersey)
10. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July, 19, 2023 (one ticket: California)
You can watch the New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m. on ABC 7 New York.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
The New York Lottery continues to be North America's largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.7 billion in Lottery Aid to Education for FY2022-2023 to help support education in New York State.
New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district's size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.
For more information about the New York lottery and to see lottery results, please visit nylottery.ny.gov..
New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the State's toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.
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There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $900 million, the 15th-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history..
There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn Friday were 16, 21, 23, 48, 70 and the Mega number was 5. The estimated jackpot was $843 million.
The drawing was the 38th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
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The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 290,472,336, according to the Mega Millions Consortium. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 23.
Tuesday’s jackpot will be 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
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The Missouri Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Nov. 7, 2025, results for each game:
16-21-23-48-70, Mega Ball: 05
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Midday: 6-7-9
Midday Wild: 9
Evening: 5-3-2
Evening Wild: 6
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Midday: 4-8-0-0
Midday Wild: 2
Evening: 4-7-2-7
Evening Wild: 7
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
05-23-34-36-48, Cash Ball: 02
Check Cash4Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Early Bird: 06
Morning: 04
Matinee: 05
Prime Time: 11
Night Owl: 09
Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.
19-27-28-35-36
Check Show Me Cash payouts and previous drawings here.
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All Missouri Lottery retailers can redeem prizes up to $600. For prizes over $600, winners have the option to submit their claim by mail or in person at one of Missouri Lottery’s regional offices, by appointment only.
To claim by mail, complete a Missouri Lottery winner claim form, sign your winning ticket, and include a copy of your government-issued photo ID along with a completed IRS Form W-9. Ensure your name, address, telephone number and signature are on the back of your ticket. Claims should be mailed to:
Ticket Redemption
Missouri Lottery
P.O. Box 7777
Jefferson City, MO 65102-7777
For in-person claims, visit the Missouri Lottery Headquarters in Jefferson City or one of the regional offices in Kansas City, Springfield or St. Louis. Be sure to call ahead to verify hours and check if an appointment is required.
For additional instructions or to download the claim form, visit the Missouri Lottery prize claim page.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Missouri editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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