No tickets were sold with all six numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $70 million.

There were also no tickets sold in California with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced.

One ticket was sold in Georgia with five numbers but missing the Mega number, and is worth $3 million, according to lottery officials.

The numbers drawn Friday were 17, 20, 24, 41, 42 and the Mega number was 24. The jackpot was $60 million.

It was the second drawing 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 290,472,336, according to the Mega Millions Consortium. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 23.

The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

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