Mega Millions Jackpot Keeps Growing and Growing! Jackpot for Friday's Drawing Grows to Estimated $40 Million

So you think nobody won Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing? Not so. Even without a jackpot winner, there were more than 345,000 winning tickets. That includes four tickets that came within just one number of hitting the jackpot. Now the jackpot for the Friday, July 14, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated annuity value of $40 million.

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The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 5-14-34-36-52 and the Mega Ball number was 42. Here is a breakdown of all 347,020 winning tickets in Tuesday's drawing:

Number of Tickets Matched Winning*

Jackpot Winners

0 tickets matched all 6 numbers for: jackpot

Other Prize Winners Prize Amount*

4 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000

16 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000

828 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150

969 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150

16,163 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10

46,068 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7

98,557 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3

184,415 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.

Those four tickets that each matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number were purchased in California, Georgia, Michigan and New York.

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.