Mega Millions - $220 Million And Growing

A total of 1,147,854 tickets won prizes in the Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, as players from coast to coast are watching the jackpot grow. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $189 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Friday, April 14, 2006 drawing grows to an estimated $220 million.

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing were: 2-12-45-46-56 and the Mega Ball number was 20.

17 tickets came within a heartbeat of winning the jackpot. Each matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number.

This jackpot has been growing since February 28, when Mega Millions had its most recent jackpot winner. The jackpot has now rolled 12 times without a winner. The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately one in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.

Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.