Mega Millions Jackpot Jumps to Estimated $60 Million

Saturday, March 24, 2007 posted 11:29 AM EDT

Mega Millions excitement is growing along with the jackpot - and players are lining up for a piece of the action. A total of 498,855 tickets were winners in the Friday, March 23 Mega Millions drawing. Since none of those tickets matched all six numbers to win the estimated $48 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Tuesday, March 27, 2007 drawing grows to an estimated $60 million.

Six tickets came within a heartbeat of hitting the jackpot in Friday's drawing. Each of them matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in California (1), New York (2) and Virginia (3).

The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 18-21-35-51-53 and the Mega Ball number was 36. Here is a complete breakdown of all the winning tickets:

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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