Mega Millions Ticket Wins Estimated $49 Million Jackpot; Winning Ticket Bought in District Heights, Maryland

Somewhere there is a Mega Millions ticket worth an estimated $49 million. That ticket matches all six numbers drawn in the Tuesday, July 18 Mega Millions drawing. Those winning numbers were 12-13-29-49-52 and the Mega Ball was 20. The winning ticket was purchased in District Heights, Maryland. The questions now are: where is that ticket? Who has it? Who is the latest mega-winner?

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The person who won the jackpot is certainly not the only Mega Millions winner in Tuesday's drawing. A total of 409,212 tickets in twelve states won Mega Millions prizes. Here is the breakdown of all winning tickets for July 18:

Number of Tickets Matched Winning*

Jackpot Winners

1 ticket 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

924 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150

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

18,946 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10

49,591 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7

117,471 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3

221,268 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.

Four tickets came within a heartbeat of winning the jackpot. Each matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets, each of which is now worth $250,000, were purchased in Michigan (2), New Jersey and New York.

The jackpot for the Friday, July 21, 2006 Mega Millions drawing is $12 million.

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.