Mega Millions

One thing about winning the lottery, it turns you into a instant celebrity. When you walk down the street, people know your name. Past acquaintances come out of the woodwork, some looking for a slice of the pie or maybe a small loan. News crews, reporters and magazines come knocking to find out who the new lottery star is. And these lucky winners? Often they are not prepared for this instantaneous fame and fortune. Are you? Did you will the $312 million dollar jackpot?  Here are the numbers:

The Mega Millions winning lottery numbers drawn on Friday night were:  22, 24, 31, 52 and 54. The Mega Ball is 4.

California Lottery Grows To $312 Million

After two consecutive weeks with no jackpot winners, Friday's Mega Millions lottery offers a big payout -- $312 million dollars.

The jackpot is the sixth largest in California history.

Higher-than-expected ticket sales boosted the prize from $304, the figure that was previously announced.

Mega-small odds of winning Mega Millions 3-22-11

With the jackpot at $244 million, folks lined up to buy their Mega Millions tickets, but the odds of winning is just 1 in 175,000,000

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Feelin' Lucky?: Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $244M

WOIO - How would you like to add a couple million to your bank account??

It could happen, you if try your luck at winning tonight's mind-blowing Mega Millions jackpot worth $244M dollars.

No one matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing, so the purse was pushed up to over $240M. Not bad!

Don't forget to tune into to 19 Action News tonight at 11PM for the highly-anticipated winning numbers.