Check Your Tickets: Mega Millions Winning Numbers for Friday, April 10
Check your tickets: the Mega Millions winning numbers for Friday, April 10 were 3, 18, 36, 42, 49 and Mega Ball 6. The Powerball jackpot at the same time was $35 million, with a $15.9 million cash option.
Drawing schedule and recent results
Drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern. The previous jackpot had been claimed on March 17 by an Ohio ticket holder for $60 million.
How to play and recent rule changes
Each Mega Millions ticket costs $5. The price includes a multiplier that can boost non-jackpot prizes up to 10 times.
Rules changed on April 8, 2025. Players now pick five white balls from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball from 1 to 24. Quick Pick random tickets remain available.
Prizes, odds and payout choices
Matching only the Mega Ball awards a minimum of $10. Matching all five white balls awards $2 million, except in California.
Jackpot odds are 290,472,336-to-1. Winners choose between annuity and cash. Annuity pays an immediate amount plus 29 annual payments. Each annual payment rises by 5 percent. The cash option pays a lower lump sum.
Where you can play and purchase deadlines
Mega Millions is sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah do not offer the game.
Tickets sell at gas stations, convenience stores, grocery stores and some airport terminals. Digital orders are possible through Jackpocket in select states.
- Jackpocket is the official digital lottery courier of Filmogaz.com.
- Available Jackpocket states include Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Washington D.C. and West Virginia.
- Age limits apply: 18+, 21+ in AZ, 19+ in NE.
Purchase deadlines vary by state. Deadlines can be 15 minutes to an hour before the drawing. Some third-party services set earlier cutoffs. For example, Jackpocket in New Jersey closes orders at 9:15 p.m. for the 11 p.m. drawing.
Recent winners and notable jackpots
Recent headline winners included a New Jersey ticket that claimed $90 million. A New York winner previously claimed $476 million.
Top Mega Millions jackpots
- $1.602 billion — Aug. 8, 2023: won in Florida
- $1.537 billion — Oct. 23, 2018: won in South Carolina
- $1.348 billion — Jan. 13, 2023: won in Maine
- $1.337 billion — July 29, 2022: won in Illinois
- $1.269 billion — Dec. 27, 2024: won in California
- $1.128 billion — March 26, 2024: won in New Jersey
- $1.05 billion — Jan. 22, 2021: won in Michigan
- $983 million — Nov. 14, 2025: won in Georgia
- $810 million — Sept. 10, 2024: won in Texas
- $656 million — March 30, 2012: three winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland
Largest U.S. lottery jackpots
- $2.04 billion — Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022: won in California
- $1.817 billion — Powerball, Dec. 24, 2025: won in Arkansas
- $1.787 billion — Powerball, Sept. 6, 2025: won in Missouri and Texas
- $1.765 billion — Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023: won in California
- $1.602 billion — Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023: won in Florida
- $1.586 billion — Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016: three winners in California, Florida and Tennessee
- $1.537 billion — Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018: won in South Carolina
Consumer advice and resources
Never pay someone who contacts you claiming to be a jackpot winner. Scammers often impersonate winners and lottery officials. Verify rules and procedures with your state lottery.
If gambling causes problems, seek help. Call 1-800-GAMBLER for national support. Additional hotlines include 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY for New York. Massachusetts callers can use 1-800-327-5050 and Oregon callers 1-877-MYLIMIT.
Filmogaz.com provides lottery updates and practical guidance. Check state lottery sites for local rules, prize payouts and anonymity laws.
