Mega Millions climbs to $400M for Tuesday’s drawing

SuperLotto and other California Lottery tickets. File photo by Alexander Nguyen/Times of San Diego) There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $400 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Mega Millions Consortium, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn Friday were 17, 18, 21, 42, 64, and the Mega Ball was 7. The estimated jackpot was $381 million. The drawing was the 22nd since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega Ball are 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