Now $1.05B: No tickets match Mega Millions numbers

The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.05 billion after no ticket drawn Friday night matched the winning numbers.

The Friday drawing with a jackpot of $940 million ($472.5 million cash value) came up with the winning numbers of 5-10-28-52-63 and a Mega Ball of 18.

Five tickets had the five regular balls, winning $1 million each.

It was the fifth-largest Mega Millions drawing ever.

The Tuesday jackpot is expected to be worth $1.05 billion.

The winning numbers last Tuesday when the jackpot was $910 million were: 3, 5, 6, 44, 61 and gold Mega Ball 25.

A $1.08 billion Powerball prize was won by a player last week in Los Angeles. California lottery officials haven’t announced a winner, which was the sixth-largest in U.S. history.

Jackpots in the two nearly nationwide games grow so large because the steep odds make winning so unlikely, allowing the grand prize to roll over again and again.

The last time someone beat Mega Millions’ odds of 1 in 302.5 million and won a jackpot was April 18 — that’s 28 drawings without a big winner.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. Players can add the Megaplier for $1 to multiply any non-jackpot prize they win.

They are sold in 47 jurisdictions: 45 states; Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas on Twitter.

— The Associated Press contributed to this report.