On 'Lost,' the infamous, mysterious "numbers" helped Hurley win his big lottery jackpot. And on Tuesday night, those same numbers gave many 'Lost' fans a (smaller) prize from the massive Mega Millions lottery.

The Mega Millions winning combo was 4, 8, 15, 25, 47, 42; two tickets matched all six numbers for the $355 million prize.

Four of those six winning digits were identical to the 'Lost' numbers: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.

One of the now-finished series' show-runners, Damon Lindelof, tweeted about the coincidence:



Never seen 'Lost'? (Because, face it, if you watched the show, the numbers are embedded in your consciousness like your own birthday.) Here's a crash course on the numbers:



[Ed. note: Incidentally, I thought about playing the 'Lost' numbers as a joke last night, but decided against it! -- Kelly Woo]