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One Ticket Wins $47 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- One ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers in the Friday, June 2, 2006 drawing, and now players are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated $47 million jackpot. The jackpot-winning ticket, which was purchased in Middlesex County, New Jersey, matched the numbers 3-10-18-36-38 and the Mega Ball number 41.

But that certainly wasn't the only winner in Friday's drawing. A total of 444,412 tickets won Mega Millions prizes.

Three tickets came within just one number of winning it all. Each of them matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in California, New York and Texas.

The jackpot for the Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Mega Millions drawing is $12 million.

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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