There were no tickets 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 $714 million.

One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Connecticut and is worth $2 million, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced.

The numbers drawn Friday were 11, 18, 31, 51, 56 and the Mega number was 24. The estimated jackpot was $680 million.

The drawing was the 34th 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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