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Mega Millions Jackpot Rises

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Mega Millions is heating up! Players in the 12 Mega Millions states won big in the Tuesday, August 22, 2006 drawing, as a total of 453,598 tickets won prizes. There was no jackpot winner, so the jackpot is on the move and estimated at $60 million for the Friday, August 25, 2006 drawing.

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 3-4-5-7-36 and the Mega Ball number was 16.

Five tickets came within just one number of hitting the jackpot in Tuesday's drawing. Each matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Two of those tickets were purchased in California, two in New York and one in Massachusetts.

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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