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Editor's Note: The draw was a technical issue tonight and it was temporarily interrupted for about an hour before the results were finally released around 12:10.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday's draw is estimated at $ 316 million, with an option of $ 195.5 million.
The winning numbers were: 11, 59, 66, 67, 68. The drawn Mega Ball was 18. The mega was 4x.
Nobody has touched the Mega Millions jackpot since March 12, when Hira Singh of Shawnee, Kansas, won the $ 50 million first prize with a ticket bought from QuikTrip in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then, 17 random draws twice a week have taken place without a jackpot winner.
No winning jackpot ticket was sold for Friday's draw of $ 295 million. A ticket sold in Georgia was five issues plus the Mega Ball and worth $ 1 million.
N.J. woman earns $ 1 million playing a scratch lottery game with a "lucky" penny
The Rockaway woman was lucky enough to have a $ 20 Instant Cash Millionaire scratch card.
In New Jersey, a ticket sold at the South Orange supermarket at South Orange Avenue in Newark is four issues and the Mega Ball. It is valued at $ 10,000.
Friday's winning numbers were: 3, 16, 21, 61, 62. The drawn Mega Ball was 19. The mega was 2x.
In March, a 54-year-old Alpha resident from Warren County won the $ 273 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Mega Millions tickets cost $ 2 each. The odds that the ticket will match five numbers and that the Mega Ball is 302,575,350 to 1. This is a shot on one out of 12,607,306 to win the second prize of at least $ 1 million by matching five figures.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the US Virgin Islands.
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