Two Mega Millions players win $650,000 in California. Where were lucky tickets sold?

Two Mega Millions tickets sold in California won $648,035 each and narrowly missed the $489 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Nov. 26, the national Mega Millions site said.

California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $514 million, with a cash option of approximately $241 million, for the next drawing Friday, Nov. 29, the site said.

The winning numbers were 5, 22, 24, 39 and 42, with a Mega Ball of 3, the lottery said. The Megaplier was 3.

The winning California tickets were sold at a 7-Eleven store in Antioch and a Bevbox in San Leandro, both near the San Francisco Bay Area.

A ticket sold in Louisiana also matched five numbers plus the Megaplier to win $3 million.

More than 890,000 other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $2 to $30,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.

The Mega Millions jackpot has gone unclaimed since Sept. 10, when a Texas player hit the $810 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

What to know about Mega Millions

To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 302,575,350.

Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state. Officials have announced they will cost $5 starting in April.

Drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This story was originally published November 27, 2024 at 10:39 AM with the headline "Two Mega Millions players win $650,000 in California. Where were lucky tickets sold?."