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UPDATE January 5

Two lucky winners will split the Mega Millions jackpot.

The winners are from Idaho and Washington State.

Each of them matched all six numbers of the winning numbers.

The Mega Millions game is played in 41 states, the Virgin Islands and Washington D.C.

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Winning numbers --  - 4, 8, 15, 25, 47 and the Mega Ball is 42.

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Strong sales have pushed the Mega Millions jackpot even higher.  The Tuesday night jackpot is now worth $355 million, the second-highest jackpot ever offered in the multi-state game.   The cash value for the new jackpot is $224.2 million.

“If you want to buy a ticket, I would advise you to do so early to avoid long lines,” said May Scheve Reardon, executive director for the Missouri Lottery.  “Players in Missouri can buy Mega Millions tickets up to 8:59 p.m. tonight.”

“I also want to remind players to play responsibly,” said Reardon.  “It only takes $1 to win.  Please play within your means.”

Reardon said players should sign the back of their tickets after they purchase them, and to put them in a safe place until they can check them.

If this jackpot is won in Missouri, it would be the largest prize won to date.  Currently, the largest prize ever won in Missouri was a Powerball ticket worth $258.5 million won last April by a man from Marshall.

Since Missouri started offering the Mega Millions game, 10 Missouri Lottery players have won prizes of $250,000 or more by matching five white-ball numbers, including a $1 million prize claimed by a Mansfield man in April.

KHQA's Melissa Shriver will bring you more from a local place of business so check this story soon.