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No Mega Millions Winner In Latest Drawing, Next Jackpot $355M
The numbers drawn Tuesday were 2, 3, 18, 32, 68 and the Mega number was 24.
March 30, 2023
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $355 million.
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One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a convenience store in San Bernardino and is worth $237,118, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
While tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or a multiple of $1 million, California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis.
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The numbers drawn Tuesday were 2, 3, 18, 32, 68 and the Mega number was 24. The estimated jackpot was $322 million.
The drawing was the 16th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
City News Service contributed to this article.
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