The numbers in Tuesday evening’s draw of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery are 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and the Mega number is 7.

The estimated jackpot is $893 million, the 10th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.

The drawing was the 29th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

Tuesday’s jackpot is the sixth-largest in the history of the Mega Millions game, which began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002. There have been four Powerball drawings with larger jackpots.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 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.

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