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Mega Millions Reaches $250 Million

UNITED KINGDOM – (PRESS RELEASE) -- $250 million and it's still growing! The Mega Millions game is living up to its name and generating mega- excitement. More than 1.5 million tickets won prizes in the Tuesday, September 13 drawing. But none of those tickets matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. So the jackpot for the Friday, September 16, 2005 drawing rolls to an estimated $250 million.

Tuesday's winning numbers were: 13-24-44-48-52 and the Mega Ball number was 30.

13 tickets barely missed hitting the jackpot in Tuesday's drawing. They matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were sold in California (2), Georgia (2), Maryland (1), Michigan (1), New York (3), Ohio (2), Texas (1) and Virginia (1).

This jackpot has been growing since July 23, when Mega Millions had its most recent jackpot winner. The jackpot has now rolled 15 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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