The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s lottery drawing has jumped to an estimated $54 million, with a cash option of $25.7 million. The winning numbers were: 10, 16, 50, 60 and 61. The Mega Ball was 17.

The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 11-28-35-37-69, Mega Ball: 25, Megaplier: 2

Mega Millions is promising faster-rising jackpots as tickets are now $5 for a single play beginning with the Tuesday, April 8, drawing. The ticket now includes the multiplier and the odds of winning the top jackpot have been reduced to 1 in 290,472,336, still a long shot but better than the previous odds of 1 in 302,575,350.

Is today your lucky day? The numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot will be drawn at around 11 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

The price for playing Mega Millions more than doubled for drawings starting with Tuesday’s, but lottery officials are betting that the swollen jackpots they’re expecting will catch the public’s attention and lead to an accompanying surge in sales “People really want big jackpots ,

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $43 million, with a cash option of $20.5 million. The winning numbers were: 11, 28, 35, 37 and 69. The Mega Ball was 25 with a Megaplier of 2X.