Austin ticket wins $2M as Mega Millions jackpot rises to $625M

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Austin matched five of the six numbers in Tuesday’s drawing, earning the holder a $2 million prize, but no ticket matched all six numbers to claim the jackpot, lottery officials said. The drawing’s winning white balls were 12, 22, 49, 57 and 58, with a Mega Ball of 19, officials said. A second $2 million ticket that matched the same five white balls was sold in Arizona.

With no grand-prize winner, the Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $625 million for the next drawing Friday, Oct. 17, with a cash option of about $288.8 million, the national Mega Millions site said. More than 400,000 other tickets across the United States won smaller prizes in Tuesday’s drawing, ranging from $10 to $50,000, according to lottery officials.

The Texas-winning ticket was sold at UPakM in Austin, the Texas Lottery said. Officials noted that the jackpot was last hit on June 27, when a Virginia ticket won a $348 million prize. The jackpot has been rolling since that June win.

To win the Mega Millions jackpot, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 290,472,336, and the overall odds of winning any...