Mega Millions Rises to $54 Million
UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Mega Millions jackpot continues to create excitement, as a total of 565,694 tickets from coast to coast were winners in the Friday, May 5 drawing. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $54 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Tuesday, May 9, 2006 drawing grows to an estimated $66 million.
The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 08-20-39-53-55 and the Mega Ball number was 10.
A total of 4 tickets came within a heartbeat of winning the jackpot, by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in Georgia (1), New Jersey (1), Ohio (1) and Virginia (1).
This jackpot has been growing since April 18, when Mega Millions had its most recent jackpot winner in Ohio. The jackpot has now rolled five times without a winner. The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately one in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.
Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
