Mega Millions player wins $3 million prize. Where in US was the lucky ticket sold?
A Mega Millions ticket sold in Louisiana won $3 million and narrowly missed the $489 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers and the Megaplier, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Nov. 26, the national Mega Millions site said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $514 million, with a cash option of approximately $241 million, for the next drawing Friday, Nov. 29, the site said.
The winning numbers were 5, 22, 24, 39 and 42, with a Mega Ball of 3, the lottery said. The Megaplier was 3.
The winning Louisiana ticket was sold at a One Stop Convenience store in Baldwin, which is about a 115-mile drive west from New Orleans, the Louisiana Lottery said.
Two tickets sold in California, which adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners, also matched five winning numbers to win $650,000 each.
More than 890,000 other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $2 to $30,000 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.