Mega Millions Jackpot Climbs to Estimated $54 Million;
Saturday, January 27, 2007 posted 12:12 PM EST
The excitement level is growing in Mega Millions and so is the number of winners. In Friday's Mega Millions drawing, a total of 436,720 tickets won prizes. But no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $43 million jackpot. So the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, January 30, 2007 drawing grows to $54 million.
The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 16-17-36-49-54 and the Mega Ball number was 14. Here is a complete breakdown of the winning tickets:
Number of Tickets Matched Winning* Jackpot Winners 0 tickets matched all 6 numbers for: jackpot Other Prize Winners Prize Amount* 1 ticket matched 5 numbers for $250,000 13 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000 986 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150 1,103 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150 19,472 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10 51,310 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7 121,949 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3 241,886 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2
*California law restricts California Lottery games to pari-mutuel prizes. Prize amounts in California will differ from the fixed prize amounts shown here.Go to http://www.calottery.com/games/megamillions for the California Lottery Web site and prize amounts.
Pari-mutuel prizes means that prize amounts vary with the number of tickets sold and the number of winning tickets in each prize category.
One ticket came within a heartbeat of hitting the jackpot. That ticket, which was purchased in New York, won $250,000 by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number.
Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
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