Mega Millions player wins $1.2 million prize in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?

A Mega Millions ticket sold in California won $1.2 million and narrowly missed the $303 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Nov. 5, the national Mega Millions site said.

Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $334 million, with a cash option of approximately $155.7 million, for the next drawing Friday, Nov. 8, the site said.

The winning numbers were 2, 24, 25, 52 and 58, with a Mega Ball of 9 the lottery said. The Megaplier was 2.

The winning California ticket was sold at Lake Liquor in Woodlake, about a 50-mile drive southeast from Fresno, the California Lottery said.

A ticket sold in Michigan also matched five winning numbers for $1 million.

California adjusts prizes based on the number of winners and number of tickets sold.

Nearly 730,000 other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $2 to $20,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.

The Mega Millions jackpot has gone unclaimed since Sept. 10, when a Texas player hit the $810 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

What to know about Mega Millions

To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 302,575,350.

Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state. Officials have announced they will cost $5 starting in April.

Drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This story was originally published November 6, 2024 at 9:00 AM with the headline "Mega Millions player wins $1.2 million prize in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?."