Mega Millions jackpot rises to $91 million
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 posted 12:41 PM EST
UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- A total of 494,160 tickets won prizes in the Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Mega Millions drawing, as players from coast to coast are watching the jackpot grow. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $77 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Friday, February 9, 2007 drawing grows to an estimated $91 million.
The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 16-21-35-36-46 and the Mega Ball number was 38.
Eight tickets came within a heartbeat of winning the jackpot. Those tickets each won $250,000 by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Two of those tickets were purchased in Massachusetts. The others were purchased in Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Texas.
Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 PM Eastern Time, 10:00 PM Central Time and 8:00 PM Pacific Time.
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