Mega Millions ticket just misses jackpot in California

A Mega Millions ticket sold in California won $415,055 and narrowly missed the $306 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Mega Ball in the drawing Friday, July 26, the California Lottery said.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $331 million, with a cash option of approximately $156.2 million, for the next drawing Tuesday, July 30, according to the national Mega Millions site.

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The winning numbers were 2, 14, 33, 58 and 65 with a Mega Ball of 3. The Megaplier was 3.

The $415,055 ticket was sold at a liquor store in La Palma, which is about a 20-mile drive southeast from downtown Los Angeles.

More than 114,000 other tickets sold in California won prizes ranging from $2 to nearly $6,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.

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

The Mega Millions jackpot has gone unclaimed since June 4, when an Illinois player hit the $552 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

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 pm ET and can be streamed online.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands.