A ticket with all six numbers in Friday evening’s multi-state Mega Millions draw was sold in New York and the ticket holder will have the choice between receiving the estimated $476 million jackpot in 30 graduated payments over 29 years or a lump sum payment of $253.1 million.

The numbers drawn Friday were 23, 27, 41, 48, 51 and the Mega number was 22.

The drawing was the 21st since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, were sold in Illinois and Massachusetts and are each worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association which conducts the game.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 302,575,350, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association,. 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.

The jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing will be $20 million.

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