Mega Millions Excitement and Number of Winners Growing; Jackpot Climbs to Estimated $83 Million as More Than 500,000 Tickets Win Prizes

Lucky players nationwide continue to win big with the Mega Millions game. In Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, a total of 515,202 tickets from coast to coast won prizes, including one ticket that came within just one number of hitting the jackpot. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the jackpot grows to an estimated $83 million for the Friday, September 1, 2006 drawing.

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The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 15-25-37-38-52 and the Mega Ball number was 4. Here is a complete 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*

1 ticket matched 5 numbers for $250,000

26 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000

1,122 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150

1,341 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150

22,989 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10

60,145 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7

144,594 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3

284,984 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2

*California law restricts California Lottery games to pari-mutuel prizes.

Prize amounts in California 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.

Pari-mutuel prizes means that prize amounts vary with the number of tickets sold and the number of winning tickets in each prize category.

That ticket that matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number was purchased in California.

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.