No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $251 million.
There were also no tickets sold in California matching five numbers, but missing the Mega number, lottery officials announced. Such a ticket would have been worth $362,786.
The numbers drawn Tuesday were 5, 35, 42, 58, 66 and the Mega number was 22. The estimated jackpot was $226 million.
It was the 11th drawing since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 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
