Five out of six isn't bad when the Mega Millions jackpot is more than $1 billion. There were no tickets matching all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing, but two tickets sold in Southern California matched five numbers, only missing the Mega number.

One of those lucky tickets was sold at Bootleggers 2 liqouor store in the 100 block of East Avenue K in Lancaster. Another was sold at Royal Liquors in the 2500 block of Pasadena Avenue in Lincoln Heights.

Both of those tickets are worth a cool $650,579, the California Lottery said. There were seven tickets sold nationwide with five numbers.

One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in Texas is worth $4 million because the player used the Megaplier option.

While tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or a multiple of $1 million, California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis.

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