A ticket sold at a Fastrip convenience store matched five numbers, but missed the Mega number, in Tuesday night's drawing of the Mega Millions lottery.
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There were no tickets sold with all six numbers. That means the estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing will grow to a whopping $288 million.
The numbers from last night are: 17, 18, 26, 52, 67 and the Mega number was 19.
The drawing was the 22nd since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.
The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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City News Service contributed to this report.