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Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $200 Million

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The hottest ticket in town is Mega Millions. There was no jackpot winner in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so Americans woke up to a jackpot that's bursting at an estimated $200 million for the Tuesday, September 13, 2005 drawing.

A total of 1,234,385 tickets from coast to coast won prizes in the Friday, September 9 Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers were: 15-28-43-51-52 and the Mega Ball number was 11.

Eight tickets were just shy of hitting the estimated $172 million jackpot. They did so by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were sold in Illinois (1), Michigan (1), New Jersey (1), New York (2), Ohio (1) and Texas (2).

This jackpot has been growing since July 23, when Mega Millions had its most recent jackpot winner. The jackpot has now rolled 13 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 holds the record for the largest jackpot in U.S. history. On May 9, 2000, the jackpot for the Big Game (the forerunner of Mega Millions) grew to $363 million. There were two winning tickets in that drawing: one in Michigan and one in Illinois.

Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 PM Eastern Time, 10:00 PM Central Time and 8:00 PM Pacific Time.

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