Mega Millions Jackpot Increases to $56 Million

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 posted 11:01 AM EST

The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $56 million Wednesday. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $42 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.

There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000 each. Also, 36 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.

The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 27, 28, 30, 42 and 50. The Mega Ball number was 22.

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