Mega Millions player wins big in California. Where was lucky ticket sold?

A Mega Millions player in California won $37,900, just missing the $80 million jackpot, lottery officials said.

The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Mega Ball with a 2x multiplier in the drawing Friday, July 11, California Lottery officials said.

The winning ticket was sold at a 76 gas station in Huntington Beach, which is about a 40-mile drive southeast from downtown Los Angeles, lottery officials told McClatchy News in an email.

Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $90 million, with a cash option of approximately $39.9 million, for the next drawing Tuesday, July 15, the national Mega Millions site said.

The winning numbers were 12, 23, 24, 31 and 56 with a Mega Ball of 1, the lottery said.

More than 180,000 other tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $10 to $20,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.

The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit June 27, when a Virginia player won the $348 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.