Mega Millions Jackpot Leaps to Estimated $25 Million
Sunday, May 20, 2007 posted 01:01 PM EDT
The Mega Millions jackpot is growing. Friday's drawing produced a total of 444,699 Mega Millions winning tickets in 12 states, including five tickets that came within one number of winning it all. No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $17 million jackpot, so the jackpot for the Tuesday, May 22 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $25 million.
The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 13-23-24-30-44 and the Mega Ball number was 5.
The five tickets that came so close to winning the jackpot did so by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in Illinois (1), Ohio (2), Texas (1) and Washington (1).
The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately one in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.
Here is a complete breakdown of all winning tickets in the May 18 drawing: Number of Tickets Matched Winning* Jackpot Winners 0 tickets matched all 6 numbers for: jackpot Other Prize Prize Winners Amount* 5 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000 35 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000 1,130 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150 1,370 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150 22,396 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10 54,785 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7 129,686 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3 235,292 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2
*Prize amounts in California are paid on a pari-mutuel basis and 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.
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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