Friday Winning Numbers in Mega Millions Draw Announced
Thursday, Jan 7, 2010 | Updated 2:58 PM PST
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The numbers in the Friday 12-state Mega Millions draw are 27, 45, 48, 54, 56 and the Mega number is 2.
The estimated jackpot is $18 million. If no tickets are sold with all six numbers, the jackpot for the next drawing, scheduled for Tuesday, would rise to $28 million, a lottery official said.
The drawing was the second since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. A ticket with all six numbers for last Friday's draw was sold in Virginia and was worth $200 million.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 175,711,536, according to the Mega Millions Web site.
Besides California, the Mega Millions game is played in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
