Mega Millions Jackpot Rises to $83 Million

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Lucky players nationwide continue to win big with the Mega Millions game. In Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, a total of 515,202 tickets from coast to coast won prizes, including one ticket that came within just one number of hitting the jackpot. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the jackpot grows to an estimated $83 million for the Friday, September 1, 2006 drawing.

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 15-25-37-38-52 and the Mega Ball number was 4.

That ticket that matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number was purchased in California.

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