Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $449 Million For Tuesday

By Doug Gross (Patch Staff)

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot has skyrocketed to $449 million -- the seventh-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

The prize hit that lofty number after no grand-prize winner was selected in Friday's $415 million drawing.

The numbers from Friday's Mega Millions drawing were: 20, 41, 42, 45, 49 and 14.

Four players matched five out of six numbers on Friday, winning a $1 million prize and two of those had paid for a "megaplier," doubling their winnings to $2 million.

Those winners were in Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

If someone wins Tuesday night's drawing it would be the nation's seventh largest payout, according to a compilation of mega-winners by CNN.

Your odds of winning Tuesday night's drawing are one in 259 million. (Your odds for getting struck by lightning? One in 1,190,000.)

Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. You can buy tickets until 10:45 p.m. Eastern Time.

Not sure where to buy Mega Millions tickets in Florida? Use this locator to find your nearest Florida Lottery retailers.

A ticket to play the Mega Millions lottery costs $1. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers -- five different numbers from 1 to 75 and one number from 1 to 15 -- or select Easy Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Mega Millions is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.