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What are the Mega Millions winning numbers for January 22? (Getty)
Tonight’s Mega Millions drawing for $39 million will happen at 11:00 pm Eastern. The winning numbers for January 22, 2016 are:
21 – 25 – 40 – 46 – 56 and Mega Ball of 3
Mega Millions is a nationwide lottery played similar to the Powerball, but with slightly lower jackpots. There were three winners for Powerball’s huge $1.5 billion jackpot, from California, Florida, and Tennessee. You can read more about the winners here.
The chances of winning the Mega Millions is about 1 in 258 million, similar to the chances of winning the Powerball jackpot. Each time someone doesn’t win the jackpot, the jackpot grows for the next drawing.
To learn more about Mega Millions and the Powerball, please see these stories: