UPDATE: $1M Mega Millions ticket bought at North Jersey convenience store

No one hit the jackpot for Tuesday night's record $667 million Mega Millions drawing, pushing the top prize for Friday to a whopping $900 million.

There were, however, nine tickets sold across the country that matched five numbers, but not the Mega Ball. One of the $1 million tickets was sold in New Jersey, with two more being purchased in Pennsylvania. Lottery officials in both states are expected to reveal the stores that sold those lucky tickets later Wednesday.

Tuesday's winning numbers were 3, 45, 49, 61 and 69. The Mega Ball drawn was 9 and the Megaplier was 5x.

The jackpot jumped to $868 million after no one bought a ticket matching all the numbers before being nudged to $900 million around midday.

Friday's jackpot will be the second-largest in U.S. lottery history, topped only by the record $1.5864 billion Powerball prize split by ticket holders in California, Florida and Tennessee for the Jan. 13, 2016, drawing.

The cash option Friday night will be worth a minimum of $513 million, up from $494 million earlier Wednesday.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot-winning ticket -- $656 million -- was split by ticket holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland following the March 30, 2012 drawing.

Just behind that was a $648 million jackpot won in California and Georgia on Dec. 17, 2013.

No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since 11 co-workers in Santa Clara, California split a $543 million prize on July 24. Since then the jackpot has rolled over 24 times.

A Mega Millions ticket costs $2. The odds of a ticket matching five numbers and the Mega Ball are 302,575,350 to 1. It's a 1 in 12,607,306 shot to win the second prize of at least $1 million by matching five numbers.

Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are held on Tuesday and Friday.

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