Mega Millions player wins $2.2 million in California. Where was ticket sold?
A Mega Millions player in California just missed the $100 million jackpot but won $2.2 million, lottery officials said.
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Mega Ball in the drawing Friday, May 9, the California Lottery said.
The lucky ticket was sold at a Chevron gas station in Chino, which is about a 35-mile drive east from downtown Los Angeles, lottery officials said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $110 million, with a cash option of approximately $49.4 million, for the next drawing Tuesday, May 13, the national Mega Millions site said.
The winning numbers were 9, 10, 12, 48 and 60 with a Mega Ball of 16, the lottery said.
More than 215,000 other tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $10 to $30,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit April 18, when an Ohio player won the $112 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 290,472,336.
Tickets cost $5 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.