Two Mega Millions players in California won big prizes, just missing the $547 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Mega Ball in the drawing Tuesday, Oct. 7, the California Lottery said.
One ticket won $241,628 on a 4x multiplier and one won $302,035 on a 5x multiplier, lottery officials said.
California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.
The winning tickets were sold at a 7-Eleven in La Crescenta, which is about a 15-mile drive north from downtown Los Angeles, and a Ramco Express gas station in Bakersfield.
A ticket sold in New Jersey won $3 million, national lottery officials said.
The winning numbers were 17, 26, 33, 45 and 56 with a Mega Ball of 19, the lottery said.
Mega Millions jackpot rises
Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $575 million, with a cash option of approximately $264.6 million, for the next drawing Friday, Oct. 10.
More than 360,000 other tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $10 to $50,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit June 27, when a Virginia player won the $348 million grand prize, lottery officials said.
What to know about Mega Millions
To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 290,472,336.
Tickets cost $5 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
Drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Don Sweeney
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