Mega Millions numbers: Did you win Friday's $ 224 million lottery jackpot?

Mega Millions fever is heated thanks to a jackpot approaching quarter of a billion dollars.

Here are the winning numbers in the Friday drawing:

18-24-31-34-55; Mega Ball: 04; Megaplier: 4X

The estimated jackpot for the subscription is $ 224 million. The cash alternative is about $ 136 million. If no one wins, the Mega Millions jackpot will be bigger for the next drawing.

The last time someone won the jackpot was January 1, when a ticket sold in New York caught the big $ 425 million prize.

According to the game's official website, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1[ads1] in 302,575,350.

Players select six numbers from two separate pools of numbers – five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25 – or select single Pick. A player wins the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Jackpot winners choose to receive 30 annual payments, each five percent higher than the last or one lump sum.

The Mega Millions drawings are Tuesdays and Fridays, and are offered in 44 states, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $ 2 each.