Feb 19, 2008 3:56 pm US/Pacific
Mega Millions Jackpot Swells To $220 Million
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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot reached $220 million.
CBS
The jackpot for Tuesday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery was expected to reach $220 million, the ninth largest in the game's history. No tickets with all six numbers have been sold since the Jan. 1 draw, 13 draws ago.
Tickets will be sold until 7:45 p.m. The draw will be held just before 8
p.m.
According to the Mega Millions Web site, the odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 175,711,536.
Friday's draw saw 13 tickets match five numbers, but none had the Mega number. One of those 13 was sold at a 7-Eleven at 345 W. Manchester Ave. in Inglewood.
However, players hoping for added luck by buying a ticket there Tuesday were out of luck. The chance that a given place will sell a winning lottery ticket is merely a function of how many tickets it sells, according to USC mathematics professor Ken Alexander.
Besides California, the Mega Millions game is also played in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
The Mega Millions game began on Aug. 31, 1996 as The Big Game, and was renamed Mega Millions in May 2002.
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