There’s still time to buy a Mega Millions ticket for Tuesday’s drawing, or two if you are so inclined.
And why not, since there were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $497 million.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega Ball, was sold in Virginia and is worth $2 million, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn Friday were 4, 21, 27, 33, 49, and the Mega Ball was 21. The estimated jackpot was $474 million.
The drawing was the 26th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega Ball are 1 in 290,472,336, according to the Mega Millions Consortium. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 23.
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
So, go ahead and head over to your favorite convenience store or wherever you buy lottery tickets and take a chance. What do you have to lose, right?
–-City News contributed to this report
