ONE MEGA MILLIONS TICKET WINS ESTIMATED $47 MILLION JACKPOT IN NEW JERSEY

One ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers in the Friday, June 2, 2006 drawing, and now players are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated $47 million jackpot. The jackpot-winning ticket, which was purchased in Middlesex County, New Jersey, matched the numbers 3-10-18-36-38 and the Mega Ball number 41.

But that certainly wasn’t the only winner in Friday’s drawing. A total of 444,412 tickets won Mega Millions prizes. Here is the complete breakdown of prizes:

1 ticket matched all 6 numbers for the JACKPOT!
3 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000
25 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000
1,343 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150
1,412 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150
21,798 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10
68,926 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7
124,382 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3
226,522 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2

Three tickets came within just one number of winning it all. Each of them matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were purchased in California, New York and Texas.

The jackpot for the Tuesday, June 6, 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.



*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.