8 Mega Millions Tickets With 5 Numbers Sold In CA

CALIFORNIA – Eight tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, were sold in California for the record-setting Mega Millions lottery draw, the California Lottery announced Wednesday.

The tickets were sold in Arcadia, Chatsworth, Norwalk, Rancho Cucamonga, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo and Stockton. The tickets are worth $562,472 each.

There were 28 tickets with five numbers but missing the Mega number sold outside California. They are each worth $1 million, except for one each sold in Florida and Texas, where the players utilized the Megaplier option which made the tickets worth $3 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association announced.

The numbers drawn Tuesday were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and the Mega number was 5.

A ticket sold in South Carolina had all six numbers. Its owner has the option of accepting a lump sum payment of $913.7 million or the world-record $1.6 billion jackpot paid out over 30 installments.

Also see: $1.6 Billion Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In South Carolina

The drawing was the 26th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The previous record was $1.586 billion for the Jan. 13, 2016, Powerball drawing.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery.

The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

City News Service and Kristina Houck/Patch contributed to this report.

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