COTTONWOOD, Calif. – A single ticket sold in Northern California matched all six numbers – white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and Mega Ball 6 – to win the $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, according to lottery officials.

A jackpot winning ticket was sold in California and tickets matching all five balls, worth $1 million, were also sold in Arizona, Montana, Texas and California.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the Mega Millions website.

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a news release before the jackpot rose again to $1.22 billion.

The winning numbers were 3, 7, 37, 49 and 55. The Mega Ball was 6. The jackpot is the fifth-biggest ever in the Mega Millions lotteries.

A Mega Millions ticket holder in California woke up much richer on Saturday after they matched all six numbers in the lottery hours before to win an estimated $1.3 billion, the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history.

The Mega Millions jackpot drops back to $20 million after someone won the $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday night's drawing.

The Mega Millions $1.269 billion jackpot was won by a ticket sold in Northern California. But 10 tickets bought in New Jersey won big, too.

The sole winner of a $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot has begun the process of collecting the prize, the New Jersey Lottery said Monday.

A lucky winner has finally come forward to claim a huge lottery prize nearly nine months after the winning ticket was drawn.