More Than 288,000 Tickets Win in Mega Millions Drawing; Jackpot Grows to Estimated $32 Million

More Than 288,000 Tickets Win in Mega Millions Drawing; Jackpot Grows to Estimated $32 Million

MEGA MILLIONS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tuesday, February 1 Mega Millions drawing really brought out the winners! A total of 288,884 tickets from coast to coast won Mega Millions prizes; including eight tickets that each won $175,000 and 25 tickets that each won $5,000. In fact, Mega Millions players won a total of $2,887,699 in Tuesday's drawing. However, no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. That means the jackpot for the Friday, February 4, 2005 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $32 million.

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Tuesday's winning numbers were: 03-17-21-42-44 and the Mega Ball number was 35.

The eight tickets that won Mega Millions' second highest prize of $175,000 matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were sold in Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Michigan (1), Ohio (1), Virginia (2) and Washington (1).

Here is a breakdown of the winning tickets in Tuesday's drawing:


Number of Tickets Matched Winning

8 tickets matched 5 numbers for $175,000
25 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $5,000
1,186 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150
988 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150
14,646 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10
53,064 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7
80,757 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3
138,210 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2




Mega Millions is played in 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.

For more information on Mega Millions please go to: http://www.megamillions.com/.

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CONTACT: Georgia: Tandi Reddick, +1-404-215-5062, Illinois: Courtney
Hill, +1-312-255-3125, Maryland: Jimmy White, +1-410-230-8800, Massachusetts:
Lisa McDonald, +1-781-849-5600, Michigan: Andrea Brancato, +1-517-335-5648,
New Jersey: MaryAnn Rivell, +1-609-599-5875, New York: Jennifer Mauer,
+1-518-388-3415, Ohio: Mardele Cohen, +1-216-787-3309, Texas: Robert (Bobby)
Heith, +1-512-344-5210, Virginia: Jill Vaughan, +1-804-692-7777, or
Washington: Jacque Coe, +1-360-664-4723, all for Mega Millions

Web site: http://www.megamillions.com/


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