MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT GROWS TO ESTIMATED $17 MILLION

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 posted 10:30 AM EDT

Less than a week after a ticket purchased in Hawthorne, California won an estimated $112 million jackpot, Mega Millions excitement is building once again. A total of 347,151 tickets from coast to coast were winners in the Tuesday, May 15 drawing. Since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, May 18, 2007 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $17 million.

Two tickets came within a heartbeat of winning the jackpot in Tuesday’s drawing. Each matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in California and New Jersey.

The winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing were: 06-13-42-46-56 and the Mega Ball number was 42. Here is a complete breakdown of all the winning tickets:

2 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000

9 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000

833 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150

884 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150

15,414 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10

42,259 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7

95,530 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3

192,220 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2

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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