The winning ticket was sold at Casey General Store on S Somonauk Road in Cortland, Illinois, which is about an hour west of Chicago, according to the Illinois Lottery. It is the 16th time the Mega Millions jackpot has been won in Illinois.

It was a lucky night for a Mega Millions player in Illinois who bought the winning ticket, worth an estimated $344 million. This is the first time the Mega Millions jackpot has been won since Jan. 17, when a ticket in Arizona won the $112 million prize. The jackpot will now reset to $20 million ahead of Friday night's drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s lottery drawing has rolled back to an estimated $20 million after someone who bought a ticket in Illinois hit Tuesday’s $349 million jackpot. The winning numbers were: 2, 9, 31, 60 and 63. The Mega Ball was 23 with a Megaplier of 5X.

A Mega Millions lottery winner scored a $349million jackpot but has not come forward to claim the prize with a deadline to collect coming fast. The jackpot, which has been updated from the initial estimate of $344million,

Mega Millions will raise ticket prices from $2 to $5, a move the lottery said will help raise the average jackpot win from about $450 million to more than $800 million, while also allowing the jackpot to reset to $50 million instead of $20 million after a winning ticket is sold.

One lucky person in Illinois won the Mega Million $344 million jackpot, but big changes are coming to the game. Here's what to know.