Mega Millions Jackpot Rises to $707M – MyNewsLA.com
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $707 million, the nation’s largest lottery jackpot since the $1.817 billion jackpot for the Powerball game on Dec. 24.
There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn Friday were 22, 34, 45, 48, 55 and the Mega number was 14. The estimated jackpot was $672 million.
The drawing was the 35th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 290,472,336, according to the Mega Millions Consortium. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 35.
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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