Mega Million Rises to $25 Million

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Tuesday, December 6 Mega Millions drawing really brought out the winners! A total of 377,183 tickets from coast to coast won Mega Millions prizes, including four tickets that each won $250,000. However, no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Friday, December 9, 2005 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $25 million.

The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 06-10-26-30-33 and the Mega Ball number was 16.

Pari-mutuel prizes means that prize amounts vary with the number of tickets sold and the number of winning tickets in each prize category.

The four tickets that each won $250,000 did so by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in Georgia, Maryland, New York and Ohio.

Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 PM Eastern Time, 10:00 PM Central Time and 8:00 PM Pacific Time.