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Two winning tickets have been announced in the Mega Millions lottery sweepstakes worth nearly $500 million, and one of them was sold in a city still reeling from hurricane devastation.

The numbers have dropped for the Friday, Oct. 14 lottery jackpot worth an estimated $494 million, with a cash option of $247.9 million.

The winning numbers for Friday night's drawing were 9, 22, 26, 41, 44, and the Mega Ball was 19. The Megaplier was 2X.

Two tickets purchased matched all six numbers to win a share of the Mega Millions jackpot. One ticket was purchased in California and the other was sold in Florida.

The winning ticket sold in Florida was purchased at a 7-Eleven in Fort Myers, an area that is still reeling after devastation caused by Hurricane Ian less than three weeks ago.

Two more tickets matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball worth $1 million. Winning tickets were bought in North Carolina and New Jersey.

One ticket purchased in Texas matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball and included the Megaplier worth $2 million. 

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When is the next Mega Millions drawing?

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday's drawing will reset to an estimated $20 million with a cash option of $10.0 million, according to megamillions.com.

Drawings are held two times per week at approximately 11 p.m. ET every Tuesday and Friday.

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Top 10 Mega Millions lottery jackpots

Here are the all-time top 10 Mega Millions jackpots, according to megamillions.com:

• $1.537 billion — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
• $1.337 billion — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
• $1.05 billion — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
• $656 million — Mar. 30, 2012; Kansas, Illinois, Maryland.
• $648 million — Dec. 17, 2013; California, Georgia.
• $543 million — July 24, 2018; California.
• $536 million — July 8, 2016; Indiana.
• $533 million — Mar. 30, 2018; New Jersey.
• $522 million — June 7, 2019; California.
• $516 million — May 21, 2021; Pennsylvania.

Top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots

Here are the nation's all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:

• $1.586 billion, Powerball — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
• $1.537 billion, Mega Millions — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
• $1.337 billion, Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
• $1.05 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
• $768.4 million, Powerball — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
• $758.7 million, Powerball — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
• $731.1 million, Powerball — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
• $699.8 million, Powerball — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
• $687.8 million, Powerball — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
• $656 million, Mega Millions — Mar. 30, 2012; Kansas, Illinois, Maryland.

Contributing: Jennfier Sangalang, USA TODAY Network-Florida

Chris Sims is a digital producer at Midwest DOT. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

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One lucky ticket purchased in the US state of Illinois has won $1.34bn (£1.11bn) in the second-largest Mega Millions prize, organisers say.

The cash value option of the jackpot is $780.5m. The winner can choose to take the cash outright or be paid the full jackpot in instalments over 29 years.

The odds of winning the jackpot in Friday's draw were rather slim - one in 300 million.

The largest Mega Millions prize to date was $1.537bn in 2018.

It was won by a single ticket sold in South Carolina. The 2016 Powerball prize, however, remains the largest jackpot in US history - $1.586bn - shared by three winners.

The winning numbers for Friday night's Mega Millions draw were 13, 36, 45, 57 and 67 - with a Mega Ball of 14.

The final prize was bigger than original estimate, due to high sales.

The Mega Millions website shows there was one winner, and company officials later confirmed that the ticket was sold in Illinois. No winner has yet come forward.

The last time someone won the Mega Millions jackpot was 15 April in Tennessee. Since then, Americans have rushed to buy tickets as the prize swelled.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 US states, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands.

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