WINNER! 1 lucky ticket hits Mega Millions jackpot worth $344 million: See where the winning ticket was sold

CORTLAND, Ill. — We have a winner! One very lucky lottery ticket sold at a Casey’s General Store in Cortland, Illinois, just hit the Mega Millions jackpot worth $344 million from the drawing held on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. The prize carries a cash option worth $159.1 million.

The winning ticket matched all of the following Mega Millions numbers: 1, 5, 17, 39, 62 and Mega Ball 8.

The Mega Millions jackpot now resets to its starting point of $20 million for the next drawing, which will happen at 11 p.m. on Friday, March 28. That prize features a cash option of $9.2 million.

While nobody hit a monstrous amount of money in Ohio, lottery officials say there were thousands of other prizes won throughout the state — and you can see that list of winners below…

  • $1,000 prize: 2 winners
  • $500 prize: 10 winners
  • $400 prize: 13 winners
  • $200 prize: 31 winners
  • $20 prize: 519 winners
  • $10 prize: 1,057 winners
  • $8 prize: 1,792 winners
  • $4 prize: 7,697 winners
  • $2 prize: 8,636 winners

Lottery officials say the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are one in 302,575,350.

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