LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $575 million.
There were three tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number. The one sold at a convenience store in La Crescenta is worth $241,628 while the one sold at a convenience store in Bakersfield is worth $302,035, the California Lottery announced.
The difference was because the one sold in Bakersfield had a multiplier of 5 while the one in La Crescenta had a multiplier of 4, according to the California Lottery.
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The base prize amount for each ticket was $60,407, according to the California Lottery.
The ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in New Jersey is worth $3 million, according to the Mega Millions Consortium which conducts the game.
Tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold outside California are worth between $2 million and $10 million, depending on the multiplier.
However, payout amounts in California are on a pari-mutuel basis under state law and determined by sales and the number of winners.
The numbers drawn Tuesday were 17, 26, 33, 45, 56 and the Mega number was 19. The estimated jackpot was $547 million.
The drawing was the 29th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 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 US Virgin Islands. (CNS)
