Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $5 for one play. The largest Mega Millions jackpot prize ever won was $1.6 billion on Aug. 8, 2023.

Friday night’s win is the first time in Mega Millions player matched all six numbers since an anonymous ticket holder won the $348 million jackpot during the June 27 drawing in Burgess, Virginia. There have been 39 consecutive winless drawings between the jackpot winners.

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Georgia won the $980 million jackpot in Friday’s lottery drawing. The winning ticket matched all six numbers drawn: 1, 8, 11, 12 and 57, plus the gold Mega Ball 7. The cash option for the winner is $452.2 million.

If the Nov. 14, 2025, Mega Millions winner chooses one-time lump sum from $980 million prize, it's valued at over $452 million before federal taxes.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket holder from Newnan won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million, the 'highest single payout' in Georgia's history, after matching all six numbers during a drawing on Friday,