Friday’s billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot may have been won with a ticket purchased in Illinois, but five tickets in Iowa were just one number away from a share of the giant prize, according to the Iowa Lottery.

The five Iowa tickets matched winning numbers in different ways, the Iowa Lottery said in a news release Saturday, with one ticket winning a $2 million prize and the other four winning prizes of $10,000 each.

5 winning lottery tickets sold in Iowa were 1 number away from Mega Millions jackpot Grace Altenhofen Des Moines Register Friday’s billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot may have been won with a ticket purchased in Illinois, but five tickets in Iowa were just one number away from a share of the giant prize, according to the Iowa Lottery.

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