Mega Millions ticket wins $2.1 million in California. Where was it sold?

A Mega Million ticket sold in California won $2,151,945, narrowly missing out on the estimated $650 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The tickets matched five winning numbers in the drawing Tuesday, March 5, but not the Mega Ball, the California Lottery said.

Nobody won the grand prize, which will rise to an estimated $687 million, with a cash option of approximately $332 million, for the next drawing Friday, March. 8, the national Mega Millions site said.

The winning numbers were 2, 49, 50, 61 and 70, with a Mega Ball of 14.

More than 175,000 other tickets sold in California won prizes ranging from $2 to nearly $12,000 in the drawing, the lottery said. Prizes in California are adjusted based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

The winning ticket was sold at a grocery store in Cathedral City, about 125 miles east of Los Angeles..

A ticket sold in Michigan also matched five numbers but not the Mega Ball..

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 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This story was originally published March 6, 2024 at 8:22 AM with the headline "Mega Millions ticket wins $2.1 million in California. Where was it sold?."