The ticket was sold at 11280 National Blvd.
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While tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or a multiple of $1 million, California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning they are determined by sales and the number of winners
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing to $28 million.
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The numbers drawn Tuesday were 8, 23, 44, 45, 53 and the Mega number was 3. The estimated jackpot was $20 million.
The drawing was the first since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
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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.