Mega Millions Jackpot hits $56 Million
11/08/2008 10:18:27
Mega Millions is America’s multistate lottery, tickets cost $1 each. None of the tickets for Fridays draw matched all the numbers making a massive Mega Millions Jackpot of $56 Million for the next draw.
The draw held last Friday resulted in 11 players winning second prizes of $250,000 and 37 players winning the third prize of $10,000 yet not one winner matched all 5 numbers plus the mega ball to win the jackpot. So another rollover occurs making the Mega Millions jackpot hit $56 million for the next draw.
The winning numbers for last Fridays draw were 11-17-28-32 and 50, the mega ball was 33. The next draw will be held on Tuesday when I’m sure there’ll be a huge rush to buy tickets for this massive rollover draw.
This isn’t by far the biggest Mega Millions jackpot, on March 6th 2007 the Mega Millions jackpot hit $390 million, shared by two winning tickets, this was the third time the jackpot has been over $300 million and 200 million tickets were sold for this massive draw as lottery fever took the country by storm.
To play the Mega Millions you must choose 5 numbers between 1 and 56 plus one Mega ball number between 1 and 46, to win the jackpot you need to match all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball number, with smaller prizes awarded for players matching less numbers.
You can buy Mega Millions tickets wherever you are in the world and the game is played in the US across 12 states, it’s one of the biggest lotterys’ worldwide and has created some massive millionaires.
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