No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in last night’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, and the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing grew to $113 million.
The numbers drawn Friday were 1, 2, 23, 40, 45 and the Mega number was 15.
Friday’s jackpot was $99 million. It was the seventh drawing since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
There were also no tickets sold in California matching five numbers, but missing the Mega number. Such a ticket would have been worth $516,626, lottery officials said.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
–City News Service
