after the mega million's jackpot numbers were revealed on Friday night one fortunate resident of Southern California became the newest billionaire in the state the Mega Ball number was 25 and the winning numbers were 6 23 41 59 and 63 There was a 2X Megaplier one lucky ticket in SoCal matched five numbers and will receive 23379 even though no winning ticket matched all six numbers to win the $740 Million jackpot the Arco ampm petrol station at 27900 date palm Drive in Cathedral City Riverside county is where the winning ticket was sold since a $552 million reward Was Won in Illinois in the beginning of June the current pot has continued to increase the seventh largest jackpot in gaming history valued at $740 million was one the jackpot will rise to an approximate amount of $800 million for the Tuesday September 9th drawing according to Lottery authorities 24974 additional winning tickets were drawn on Friday with rewards ranging from $2 to $1,731 there is around a one in 32.6 million chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot according to USA Mega the organization that keeps track of Mega Millions data the first five MegaMillions numbers that are most frequently drawn are 10 3 17 14 and 46 11 is the most often occurring Mega Ball number in 45 States as well as the District of Colombia Mega Millions is played there are nine different methods to win prizes and tickets cost $2 every Tuesday and Friday at 8: hour p.m. drawings take place