Mega Millions players win millions across US. Where were the lucky tickets sold?
Mega Millions tickets sold in California, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma matched five numbers to win millions and just missed the $760 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Dec. 17, the national Mega Millions site said.
Tickets sold in Louisiana and Oklahoma won $1 million each, while two tickets sold in California won $226,328 each. California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.
A winning ticket sold in North Carolina also matched the Megaplier to win $4 million.
Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $825 million, with a cash option of approximately $382.2 million, for the next drawing Friday, Dec. 20, the site said.
The winning numbers were 56, 66, 67, 68 and 69 with a Mega Ball of 18, the lottery said. The Megaplier was 4x.
More than 1.6 million other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $2 to $40,000 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.