Mega Millions Winning Numbers Sept. 20, 2016: $15 Million Jackpot (Updated)

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot of $133 million was claimed Friday by a player in Illinois, so the prize payout for the Tuesday, Sept. 2o, drawing is in rebuilding mode, it's worth only an estimated $15 million.

The one-time cash payout option for Friday's game, if you win, is estimated at $10 million. That's nothing to sneeze at, right? The winning numbers will be drawn at 11 p.m. ET.

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday, Sept. 20, are: 2, 22, 34, 62, 72 and a Mega Plier of 2.

A March 2012 Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million held the record for the largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history until three winners split the almost $1.6 billion prize in the Jan. 13, 2016, drawing. Mega Millions has awarded 10 jackpots of more than $300 million.

The July 8 Mega Millions jackpot of $540 million ranked as the seventh-largest jackpot in the United States of all lottery games, including Powerball, officials said, and the third-largest prize for the Mega Millions game in its history.

The record Mega Millions jackpot is $656 million won on March 30, 2012, and it is the second-largest jackpot of all time, while just behind that is the $648 million Mega Millions jackpot split by two winners on Dec. 17, 2013.

Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million. No matter how many people play Mega Millions, the chances of winning never change. The chances of winning are based on the amount of number combinations, not the number of players buying tickets, say lottery officials. The Mega Millions game is played by selecting five numbers out of 75 choices (the numbers from 1 to 75), and by selecting one extra number from 1 to 15 (that's the Mega Ball).

CNN explains the tax implications of winning a big prize:

Lottery winnings are taxed like income, and the IRS taxes the top income bracket 39.6%. The government will withhold 25% of that before the money ever gets to the winner. The rest has to be paid at tax time. Then there are local taxes. Of the 44 U.S. states that participate in Powerball, all but a handful will take an additional cut of the money, according to lottery statistics site USA Mega.