

If you match 3 white only or if you match 2 white and 1 yellow, you’ll win $10.If you match 4 white only, you’ll win $500.If you match 4 white and the yellow, you’ll win $10,000.If you match all five white numbers only, you’ll win $1 million (and more if you’re using a Mega plier option.).In order to win the jackpot, you’ll need to match all five white balls and the yellow Mega ball.But it only costs $2 to play, so getting one ticket “just in case” isn’t that much of an investment. Your chance of winning the Mega Millions is slim. The odds of winning Mega Millions are 1 in 302.6 million, which are actually less than the odds of winning the Powerball, which is 1 in 292.2 million. If no one wins this next drawing, then Mega Millions might be entering the billion-dollar category like Powerball did in 2016. So this Mega Millions jackpot is now firmly in second place. This Mega Millions drawing will also be the second-largest in all lottery history. Aside from the 2012 Mega Millions, the other larger jackpots were the $758.7 million Powerball on Augand the $1.6 billion Powerball on January 13, 2016.

The largest single-ticket winner in Mega Millions history was on July 24, 2018, when one person from California won the $543 million drawing. In 2012, three winning tickets were sold, so the jackpot was split three ways in Kansas, Illinois, and Maryland. Eastern, but states may stop selling tickets 15 minutes to an hour before the drawing. The Mega Millions drawing takes place Tuesday and Fridays at 11 p.m. This jackpot amount is an estimate and might be even bigger if more people play than expected. Friday’s jackpot will be the largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, higher than the $656 million jackpot that was won on March 30, 2012. The drawing will be Friday night, October 19, at 11 p.m. Now we’re breaking more records.īecause no one won the Tuesday night Mega Millions jackpot, the next jackpot is estimated to be worth $868 million, with an up-front cash option of $494 million.

No one won Tuesday night’s drawing, which was already the largest in Mega Millions’ history.
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You can play the game in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. More: 'The Bear' may have made the Italian beef sandwich popular, but NJ has something better Where can I play Mega Millions? citizen or a resident a particular state where you purchase your ticket. You can check all the prize payouts on the Mega Millions site here. Prizes vary from $2 for the matching the Mega Ball to $1 million for matching all five white balls (except in California) to the jackpot for matching all six balls.
