Another Super-Big Lottery Jackpot Grows Even Larger
Next Drawing Set For Friday
POSTED: 8:50 am HST November 9, 2005
UPDATED: 8:55 am HST November 9, 2005
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ATLANTA -- The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $262 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $225 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.The next drawing will be Friday. There were 26 second-prize winners from last night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers, but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000 each.Also, 101 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number.Those tickets are each worth $10,000. The winning numbers from Tuesday night were: 8, 16, 21, 25, and 27.The Mega Ball number was 16. There hasn't been a top winner in the Mega Millions game since Sept. 16, when a single ticket in New Jersey won $250 million.Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
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