Two tickets worth $1 million apiece were sold in New Jersey, lottery officials said.
The winning tickets sold in the Garden State each matched five white balls for a million-dollar prize, according to lottery officials.The lack of a jackpot winner in the lottery game’s latest drawing on Friday night sent the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million,The numbers drawn late Friday were: 29, 40, 47, 50, 57 and gold Mega Ball 25. No tickets were sold hitting all those numbers for the estimated grand prize of $720 million.
Friday’s drawing resulted in eight tickets matching five white balls for a $1 million prize. In addition to the two sold in the Garden State, two each were sold in Florida and North Carolina, with one in California and another in Michigan, Mega Millions said. The estimated $820 million in the next drawing on Tuesday night would only be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for Tuesdays drawing is an estimated $422 million.
The potential jackpot is the fifth largest in the history of the game, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday. Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to purchase tickets as the size of the grand prize grows.Material from the Associated Press supplemented this report.
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