Mega Millions Jackpot Soars To $113M
Drawing To Be Held Friday
POSTED: 2:43 pm EDT July 1,
2009
UPDATED: 2:51 pm EDT July 1,
2009
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BOSTON -- Sky-rocketing sales pushed the Mega Millions jackpot for Friday to $113 million, lottery officials said.The cash option on this prize is more than $70 million.The jackpot jumped $19 million from $94 million when no one hit the jackpot in Tuesday's drawing of the multi-state game. The winning numbers were 7-34-49-54-55. The Mega ball was 34.The Massachusetts State Lottery's Mega Millions sales for Friday's drawing will be more than $1.3 million, with 1,200 tickets-per-minute being sold at peak periods.Mega Millions is played in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.Watch the drawing live on Channel 5 on Friday at 11:24 p.m.
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