Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot grows to $120M

California lottery ticket. (Photo by Alexander Nguyen/Times of San Diego) No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $120 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega Ball, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn on Tuesday were 22, 41, 42, 59, 69 and the Mega Ball was 17. The estimated jackpot was $110 million. It was the seventh drawing since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega Ball is 1 in 290,472,336, according to the Mega Millions Consortium. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 23. The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. –City News Service