A Mega Millions ticket sold in California matched five numbers to win $242,155, just missing the $453 million jackpot.
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A Mega Millions ticket sold in California won $242,155 and narrowly missed the $453 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers in the drawing Friday, May 24, but not the Mega Ball, the California Lottery said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $489 million, with a cash option of approximately $226 million, for the next drawing Tuesday, May 28, the national Mega Millions site said.
The winning numbers were 46, 54, 56, 67 and 70 with a Mega Ball of 16.
The $242,155 ticket was sold at a gas station in Laguna Woods, about a 45-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles.
California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.
More than 121,000 other tickets sold in California won prizes ranging from $2 to $555 in the drawing, the lottery said.
A Mega Millions ticket sold in Texas won $3 million.
What to know about Mega Millions
To score a 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.
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.