Games:: Games: Jackpot Hits Estimated $75 Million in Mega Millions
Posted on Saturday, November 11 @ 13:35:05 CST by editor zongman |
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Mega Millions players from coast to coast are feeling the excitement as the jackpot continues to grow. When Friday's winning numbers were drawn, they turned 508,081 tickets into Mega Millions winners. Now that jackpot is growing! Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's drawing, the jackpot grows to an estimated $75 million for the Tuesday, November 14, 2006 drawing. |
Jackpot Hits Estimated $75 Million in Mega Millions
More Than 500,000 Tickets Win
MEGA MILLIONS, Nov. 11 - Mega Millions players from coast to coast are feeling the excitement as the jackpot continues to grow. When Friday's winning numbers were drawn, they turned 508,081 tickets into Mega Millions winners. Now that jackpot is growing! Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's drawing, the jackpot grows to an estimated $75 million for the Tuesday, November 14, 2006 drawing.
The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 11-42-52-53-55 and the Mega Ball number was 28. Here is a complete breakdown of all the winning tickets: Number of Tickets Matched Winning*
Jackpot Winners
0 tickets matched all 6 numbers for: jackpot
Other Prize Winners Prize Amount*
4 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000
21 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000
1,103 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150
1,251 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150
21,294 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10
57,529 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7
140,635 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3
286,244 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2
*California law restricts California Lottery games to pari-mutuel prizes. Prize amounts in California 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.
Pari-mutuel prizes means that prize amounts vary with the number of tickets sold and the number of winning tickets in each prize category.
Four tickets came within just one number of the jackpot. They matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in California, Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio.
Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 PM Eastern Time, 10:00 PM Central Time and 8:00 PM Pacific Time. For more information on Mega Millions please go to: http://www.megamillions.com/.
Source: Mega Millions Media Center
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