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 Tuesday’s drawing to $944 million, the 12th-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
There were five tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number — two in Indiana and one each in Arkansas, Illinois and Pennsylvania. They are each worth $1 million, state lottery officials said.
The numbers drawn Friday were 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and the Mega number was 19. The estimated jackpot was $862 million, the seventh-largest jackpot in the history of the game and 12th-largest in U.S. history. There have been five Powerball drawings with larger jackpots, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the Powerball game
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 are 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 began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002.
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.