BOISE, Idaho ÔÇô Idaho is on a roll! Friday, the Idaho Lottery recorded its first $250,000 "Match 5" winner on its new big-draw game Mega Millions. The Idaho Lottery has confirmed the winning ticket was sold in northern Idaho in Coeur d'Alene. The winning numbers for Friday night's Mega Millions $122 million draw were 10, 16, 31, 48, 50 and the Megaball was 44.

Like the two, $200,000 winning Powerball tickets from Wednesday night's draw, Friday night's Mega Millions winning ticket matched the first five "white ball" numbers, but not the Megaball.

In addition to the Mega Millions win on Friday night, last night's $212.8 million Powerball draw produced a $50,000 winning ticket that was sold in the Buhl area. This ticket matched four of the five "white ball" numbers plus the Powerball. The winning numbers for last night's Powerball draw were 5, 21, 22, 41, 49 and the Powerball was 15. The Power Play multiplier was 5. This winning ticket has the Power Play option, which turns a $10,000 winner into $50,000.

"We are encouraging all of our players to check all of their draw tickets very carefully right now," said Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director. "Too often, we see players think they didn't win because they did not match the Powerball or the Megaball. In the case of the $250,000 winning Mega Millions ticket, they matched every number but the Megaball and now have a ticket worth a quarter of a million dollars."

To recap the week, Idaho had two winning Powerball tickets each worth $200,000 for last Wednesday night's Powerball draw. One was in Boise and the other one was from Malad City. Friday night, Idaho had one Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 sold in Coeur d'Alene. Saturday night, Idaho had a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket from the Buhl area. In total, there were 1,260 winners on Mega Millions Friday night and 12,350 total winners on Powerball Saturday night.

Neither the Mega Millions jackpot nor the Powerball jackpot was won in their respective draws Friday or Saturday night. The jackpot for Tuesday night's Mega Millions draw is an estimated $143 million. The estimated jackpot for Powerball on Wednesday night is $252 million, the 11th largest in the game's history.

"With close to $400 million in jackpot prizes this week, we are encouraging all of our players to please play responsibly," added Anderson. "Play what you can afford, don't go overboard."

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