No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $253 million.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in North Carolina and is worth $2 million, according to the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game. The amount is based on the ticket’s multiplier multiplied by 1 million and can range from $2 million to $10 million.
The numbers drawn Friday were 18, 30, 44, 48, 50 and the Mega number was 12. The estimated jackpot was $234 million.
It was the 16th 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.
Meanwhile, the jackpot for California’s other multi-state lottery, the Powerball, stood at $700 million for Saturday drawing, which was scheduled for 7:59 p.m.