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Mega Millions ticket worth M bought in NJ
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Mega Millions ticket worth $1M bought in NJ

A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in New Jersey for Friday night’s lottery drawing.

The lucky ticket holder was one of three to match five numbers, but not the Mega Ball. The other tickets were sold in California and Illinois, according to the Mega Millions website.

State lottery officials have not yet disclosed exactly where the New Jersey ticket was sold.

There were no jackpot winners for the $306 million pot with a $144.4 million cash option.

The winning numbers were: 2, 14, 33, 58 and 65The Mega Ball drawn was 3 with a Megaplier of 3x.

The next drawing will be Tuesday at 11 pm Eastern Time. The jackpot is estimated at $331 million.

The odds of a $2 ticket winning the Mega Millions jackpot by matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1.

Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 chance of a ticket matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball and winning at least $1 million. The odds of matching four numbers plus the Mega Ball for a prize worth at least $10,000 are 931,001 to 1.

Five white balls are drawn from set numbered 1 through 70, while a gold Mega Ball is drawn from a set numbered 1 through 25.

Winners are chosen if one row of a ticket matches the numbers of the balls drawn.

If no one wins the jackpot, the money is added to the jackpot for the next drawing.

Jelani Gibson may be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on X at @jelanigibson1 and on LinkedIn.