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Is Florida lucky? State gets another Mega Millions jackpot winner 

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LOS ANGELES — No tickets were sold in California matching all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, but there was a jackpot winner in Florida, and Friday’s jackpot will be $20 million, according to lottery officials.

The numbers drawn Tuesday were 18, 39, 42, 57, 63 and the Mega number was 7. The estimated jackpot was $36 million.

No tickets were sold in California with five numbers but missing the Mega number, according to the California Lottery. Such a ticket would have been worth $120,068.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.

The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

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