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Mega Millions Hits $476 Million Jackpot
No one won Tuesday night's Mega Millions lottery. You still have chance to win nearly half a billion.
Thought last night's jackpot was high, well, welcome to the day after.
Yes, it's real: No one won the Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday, when it sat at $363 million; it's now soared overnight to an estimated $476 million. It could grow even higher before the next drawing on Friday.
The non-winning numbers drawn Tuesday night were 9, 19, 34, 44, 51 and the Mega number was 24.
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Forty-seven lucky folks chose five of the white-ball numbers, winning $250,000. No one in Georgia matched these numbers.
Never fear, though, Georgia has been home to two of the highest jackpots ever won. The highest jackpot in North America was $390 million, with a Georgia and New Jersey winner in 2007. In 2008, a lucky Georgian took home the eighth-highest jackpot with $275 million.
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If someone wins Friday, the current estimated cash prize would be $341 million.
Mega Millions is played in 44 jurisdictions: 42 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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