Nearly 700,000 Mega Millions Tickets Win in One Drawing as Jackpot Grows to Estimated $106 Million

MEGA MILLIONS, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything is getting bigger in Mega Millions: the jackpot, the number of winners and above all, the excitement. With nine different ways to win, a total of 692,893 tickets were winners in Friday's drawing, including seven tickets that each won $250,000. No ticket managed to match all six numbers, so the jackpot for the Tuesday, July 3, 2007 drawing grows to an estimated $106 million.

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The seven tickets that each won Mega Millions' second highest prize of $250,000 matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Those tickets were sold in Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey(2), Ohio and Virginia(2).

The winning numbers in the Friday, June 29 drawing were: 01-17-40-51-52 and the Mega Ball number was 07. Here is a breakdown of all the winning tickets:

Number of Tickets Matched Winning Jackpot Winners 0 tickets matched all 6 numbers for: jackpot Other Prize Winners Prize Amount* 7 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000 38 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000 1,416 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150 1,656 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150 30,473 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10 72,602 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7 198,577 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3 388,124 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2

*Prize amounts in California are paid on a pari-mutuel basis and 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.

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

CONTACT: California: Rob McAndrews, +1-916-324-9639, Georgia: Tandi
Riddick, +1-404-215-5062, Illinois: Courtney Hill, +1-312-255-3125, Maryland:
Carole Everett, +1-410-230-8800, Massachusetts: Lisa McDonald,
+1-781-849-5600, Michigan: Andrea Brancato, +1-517-335-5648, New Jersey:
Dominick DeMarco, +1-609-826-7477, New York: Sue Miller, +1-518-388-3415,
Ohio: Mardele Cohen, +1-216-787-3309, Texas: Robert (Bobby) Heith,
+1-512-344-5210, Virginia: Jill Vaughan, +1-804-692-7778, Washington: Jacque
Coe, +1-360-664-4723, all for Mega Millions

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