Mega Millions drawing Sept. 27, 2022: Check winning numbers here for $325 million jackpot

Haadiza Ogwude, Emily DeLetter and Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Update, 11:00 pm: Winning numbers for the Tueday,Sept. 25, drawing for a Mega Millions jackpot of $325 million are 8, 14, 24, 43, 51 and the gold Megaball is 9. The Megaplier is 3X. The cash option is $168,1 million.

Update, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.: There is still time to get a ticket for Tuesday's drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot, which is now up to an estimated $325 million with a cash value of $168.1 million ahead of Tuesday's drawing.

In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night. Kentucky residents can also purchase tickets online at www.KYLottery.com.

In Ohio, residents can use Lottery Card available in Kroger, Buehler’s Fresh Foods and Giant Eagle stores. It allows Ohio consumers to enter draw games on their phones and get notified and paid electronically if they win. You can also buy tickets online at www.OhioLottery.com.

Come back after the 11 p.m. drawing to check winning numbers.

How much is the Mega Millions up to on Sept. 27, 2022?

Previous reporting: The Mega Millions jackpot continues to rise, now up to an estimated $325 million with a cash value of $168.1 million ahead of Tuesday's drawing.

Mega Millions previous numbers, winners

The numbers drawn Friday were 5, 50, 53, 58 and 64. The Megaball was 22 and the Megaplier was 4X.

Although there was no jackpot winner, there were a Match 5 + Megaplier $5 million winner in Texas.

Jackpot: Two people finally claim $1.34 billion Mega Millions lottery winnings

And it took nearly two months, but two anonymous winners in Illinois have finally claimed the $1.34 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which was won back in July. The winners decided to take the lump-sum payment of $780.5 million.

In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night. Kentucky residents can also purchase tickets online.
In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night. Kentucky residents can also purchase tickets online.

Ahead of the next drawing this Tuesday, Sept. 27, here's everything you need to know about the Mega Millions lottery.

When are the Mega Millions drawings?

Mega Millions drawings are Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Ticket sales end at 10:45 p.m. in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.

How to play the Mega Millions

Tickets to Mega Millions cost $2 per play.

There are nine total ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2.

Pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25.

Choose Easy Pick or Quick Pick to have the terminal randomly pick numbers for you. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in the drawing.

What is the Megaplier?

Most states offer the Megaplier feature, which increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four and five times.

It costs an additional $1 per play. Before each regular Mega Millions drawing, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with "2X," three with "4X" and one with "5X."

Where to buy Mega Millions tickets

You can play Mega Millions in 47 localities: 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To find locations, search the Mega Millions website.

In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night.

In Kentucky, residents can also purchase tickets online at www.KYLottery.com.

In Ohio, residents can use Lottery Card available in Kroger, Buehler’s Fresh Foods and Giant Eagle stores. It allows Ohio consumers to enter draw games on their phones and get notified and paid electronically if they win. You can also buy tickets online at www.OhioLottery.com.

What is the biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever?

In 2018, one winning ticket in South Carolina sold for a $1.537 billion grand prize, which was the world's largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket.

In July 2022, a winning ticket sold in Illinois for $1.337 billion.

What happens if I win the Mega Millions?

The Mega Millions offers two options.

You can take annuity, in which you're paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments. Each payment is 5% bigger than the previous one.

There's also the cash option, a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Mega Millions drawing: Check winning lottery numbers 9/27/2022