$4.2M Mega Millions Ticket Matching 5 Numbers Sold In CA

FRESNO, CA — A lottery player from Illinois nabbed the third-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history Friday, winning $1.337 billion after matching all six numbers in the Mega Millions drawing.

Meanwhile, one Golden Stater matched five numbers but was missing the key Mega number. The ticket was sold in Fresno and was worth more than $4.2 million, according to the California Lottery.

Nationwide, 26 tickets were sold matching five numbers.

The winning numbers drawn Friday were 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the Mega number was 14. Ahead of the drawing, the jackpot was listed at an estimated $1.28 billion, but it swelled to $1.337 billion amid high lottery sales.

Friday marked the 30th drawing since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The jackpot came in behind the $1.586 billion ticket, which sold in the Jan. 13, 2016 Powerball draw and the $1.537 billion for the Oct. 23, 2018 Mega Millions game.

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After Tuesday's drawing, the drawing went down to $20 million.

The jackpot had been growing since April 15, when a player in Tennessee won $20 million.

Overall chances of winning any prize are 1 in 24. The chances of winning the jackpot are much lower — about 1 in 302.5 million. For perspective, the odds of being struck by lightning are less than 1 in 1 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The odds of matching all five numbers plus the Mega number is 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.

State lottery systems across the nation use revenue from ticket sales to boost tourism, transportation and other state interests.