Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Tuesday, March 25 drawing with an estimated jackpot of $344 million ($159.1 million cash option). The winning numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing are: 17,

The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Arizona, who struck gold on Jan. 18, winning a $113 million jackpot. On Tuesday, the lottery announced mega changes to the game that will more than double the price of a ticket to $5 per play.

The odds of matching the five white balls and Mega Ball to win the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. A jackpot winner has the option of taking an annuity or cash payment. The annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, according to the Mega Millions website. Each payment is 5% bigger than the previous one.