Mega Millions numbers: Are you the lucky winner of Friday’s $223 million jackpot?

Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the

$344 million prize

on March 25.

Here are the winning numbers in Friday’s drawing:

16-40-54-56-57; Mega Ball: 03

The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $223 million. The cash option is about $99.4 million. If no one wins, the jackpot climbs higher for the next drawing.

According to the

game’s official website

, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

Players pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25 — or select Easy Pick. A player wins the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Jackpot winners may choose whether to receive 30 annual payments, each five percent higher than the last, or a lump-sum payment.

Mega Millions drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays and are offered in 45 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $5 each.

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