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Mega Millions lottery game at record $476 million jackpot - USA TODAY Mar 28th 2012, 11:44 ATLANTA (AP) – It's almost unimaginable. No one picked the six correct numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, sending the jackpot to a record $476 million for the Friday drawing. By Rick Roach, AP Darren Dhillon, owner of Fairmont Wine & Liquors in Vacaville, Calif., updates the Mega Millions jackpot sign at his checkout counter last week. The jackpot has increased from $290 million to $476 million after no one picked winning numbers. By Rick Roach, AP Darren Dhillon, owner of Fairmont Wine & Liquors in Vacaville, Calif., updates the Mega Millions jackpot sign at his checkout counter last week. The jackpot has increased from $290 million to $476 million after no one picked winning numbers. Tuesday night's jackpot was $363 million, fed by weeks of drawings without a top winner. The previous record jackpot in the Mega Millions game was $390 million in 2007, split by two winners in New Jersey and Georgia. In Tuesday night's game, 47 players came very close, matching 5 of the 6 winning numbers. Each of those tickets is worth at least $250,000. Mega Millions is played in more than 40 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The winning numbers Tuesday night were: Nine, 19, 34, 44 and 51. The Mega Ball was 24. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog posts to provide an enhanced user experience. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then "Add" your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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