There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $280 million.
One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Colorado and Michigan. They are each worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association which conducts the game.
The numbers drawn Tuesday night were 25, 48, 51, 65, 72 and the Mega number was 4. The estimated jackpot was $260 million.
The drawing was the 25th 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 258,890,850, according to the Mega Millions website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 14.71.
The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
— City News Service