[UPDATE] Three Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold

8:23 a.m. update:

The Huffington Post is reporting that three winning tickets were sold for the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot — on in Illinois, one in Kansas and one in Maryland. So sorry, Connecticut hopefuls! Drop us a line in the comments if you won a lesser but still awesome amount!

Original Story:

If you didn't notice, there was an abundance of people buying Mega Millions tickets Friday. The long lines were hard to miss, whether you were at , the , the or another lottery retailer in the city.

That's because Friday night's winning Mega Millions ticket — the numbers were 2, 4, 23, 38 and 46 with a Mega Ball of 23 — was worth $640 milllion, the highest lottery jackpot in world history.

Friday's jackpot was originally estimated at $476 million, but with stronger than anticipated sales nationwide, it quickly became clear by mid-day that it would be much larger.

The jackpot had been growing since Jan. 24, when Mega Millions had its last winner. The odds of winning the jackpot were higher than one in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes were approximately 1 in 40.

Mega Millions is played in 44 jurisdictions (42 states plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands). Drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m.

To see the top 10 Mega Millions jackpots before Friday's, click here.