Another Super-Big Lottery Jackpot Grows Even LargerNext Drawing Set For FridayPOSTED: 8:50 am HST November 9,
2005 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. Previous Stories:
Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
| ||||||||
   | 
| |||||||
