There have been three Mega Millions winners this year, with the most recent being the April 18 win in Ohio of a $112 million jackpot. Before then, a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois took home a $344 million jackpot on March 25, while another lucky person hit the Mega Millions jackpot on Jan. 17 for $113 million.

A Mega Millions player in California just missed the $100 million jackpot but won $2.2 million, lottery officials said. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Mega Ball in the drawing Friday, May 9, the California Lottery said.

Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Friday, May 9 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $100 million ($45.3 million cash option). The winning numbers for Friday's Mega Millions drawing are: 48,