$131 Million and Growing; Mega Millions Jackpot Is on the Move as More Than 762,000 Tickets Win Prizes

$131 Million and Growing; Mega Millions Jackpot Is on the Move as More Than 762,000 Tickets Win Prizes

MEGA MILLIONS, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest jackpot in the nation is growing even larger and Mega Millions players are the winners! A total of 762,366 tickets won prizes in the August 30, 2005 drawing, including five tickets that came within just one number of hitting the jackpot. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the excitement continues to grow for the Friday, September 2, 2005 drawing, which will have an estimated jackpot of $131 million.

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The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 19-32-42-49-56 and the Mega Ball number was 29. Here is a complete breakdown of the winning tickets:

Number of Tickets Matched Winning*
Jackpot Winners
0 tickets matched all 6 numbers for: jackpot
Other Prize Winners Prize Amount*
5 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000
40 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000
1,803 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150
2,055 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150
33,232 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10
91,798 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7
210,046 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3
423,387 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2

*California law restricts California Lottery games to pari-mutuel prizes. Prize amounts in California will differ from the fixed prize amounts shown here. Go to http://www.calottery.com/games/megamillions for the California Lottery Web site and prize amounts.

Pari-mutuel prizes means that prize amounts vary with the number of tickets sold and the number of winning tickets in each prize category.

The five tickets that each won $250,000 did so by matching the first five numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in Illinois (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1) and New Jersey (2).

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. For more information on Mega Millions please go to: http://www.megamillions.com/.

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Reddick, +1-404-215-5062, or Illinois, Courtney Hill, +1-312-255-3125, or
Maryland, Jimmy White, +1-410-230-8800, or Massachusetts, Lisa McDonald,
+1-781-849-5600, or Michigan, Andrea Brancato, +1-517-335-5648, or New Jersey,
MaryAnn Rivell, +1-609-599-5875, or New York, Jennifer Mauer, +1-518-388-3415,
or Ohio, Mardele Cohen, +1-216-787-3309, or Texas, Robert (Bobby) Heith,
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Jacque Coe, +1-360-664-4723, all for Mega Millions

Web site: http://www.megamillions.com/
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