Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $16 Million
UNITED STATES – The Friday, June 23, 2006 MegaMillions drawing brought out the winners! A total of 368,062 tickets fromcoast to coast won Mega Millions prizes, including two tickets that eachwon $250,000. However, no ticket matched all six numbers to win theestimated $16 million jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Tuesday, June27, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $23 million.
The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 13-17-24-34-56 and theMega Ball number was 24.
The two tickets that each won $250,000 did so by matching the firstfive numbers and only missing the Mega Ball number. Those tickets werepurchased in California and Virginia.
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 PMEastern Time, 10:00 PM Central Time and 8:00 PM Pacific Time.
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