Mega Millions Winning Numbers for the August 16, 2016 Drawing: $52 Million-Jackpot Results in Live Streaming Today
Update - Aug. 16, 2016 - 11:04 p.m. ET: The winning numbers for tonight's Mega Millions drawing are 2, 43, 52, 62, 63. 6 is the Megaball and 5x is the Megaplier.
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The Tuesday, Aug. 16 Mega Millions jackpot has jetted to $52 million with a cash option of $36 million after there were no grand prize winners in the August 12, $45 million drawing.
Make sure to check back on this page at 11 p.m. EST time on Tuesday for a posting of the day's winning numbers in real time.
The winning numbers for last Friday were 4, 41, 44, 56, 69 and 10. The winning Gold Mega Ball number was 1 and the megaplier was 4.
Million Dollar Winner
In the Aug. 12 game, a player from Ohio matched all five white ball numbers to win a prize of $1 million. Another player from Michigan matched four white balls and the gold ball to walk with $5,000.
Mega Millions drawings are held twice each week 11 p.m. Tuesday and Fridays. Five balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered one through 75; the Mega ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered one through 15. You can watch a live stream here of Tuesday night's draw.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $1 each. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 259 million.
Powerball Jackpot at $94 Million
Meanwhile, the Wednesday, Aug. 17 Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $94 million after there were no grand prize winners in last Saturday's $82 million drawing.
A single game winner in Wednesday's game will have the option of walking away with a onetime, lump sum payment of $66 million. The winning numbers in the August 13 game were 38, 44, 60, 64 and 69. The Red Powerball number was 6 and the Power Play number was 2.
One player from Georgia matched all five white balls to win $1 million. In all, there were 599,410 total to win at least $4 each, including a player from Michigan who matched four white balls and the Powerball to win a prize of $50,000.
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