Players all around the world are enchanted by the astronomical jackpots of the Mega Millions. This lottery hasn’t reached the heights of the Powerball record jackpot (yet) but it came pretty close and has quite a few amazing jackpots exceeding the Billion-dollars mark.
Mega Millions rules | Play Online | Draw Times | Prizes | Odds of winning | Results | FAQ
What are the rules of Mega Millions?
How do I play Mega Millions online?
The best approach for playing Mega Millions online is to join theLotter, the world-renowned lottery messenger service. With just a few clicks, you’ll be able to purchase your tickets on a safe and secure platform that will upgrade your gaming experience.
Time needed: 7 minutes
This will explain the steps you need to take to play Mega Millions on theLotter:
- Create an account
Create an account on theLotter in order to begin playing Mega Millions online. - Visit the Mega Millions page & choose the amount of lines you want
In order to play the Mega Millions lottery, you must choose 5 numbers between 1 and 70, along with an extra number, the Mega Ball, between 1 and 25. That selection can be done manually or you may opt for the Quick Pick option which will offer you a random selection of numbers.
- Complete your purchase securely on the platform
You have completed all the steps, so now it’s time to go ahead and finalize your purchase. All the best!
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When are the Mega Millions drawings?
Draws for Mega Millions take place on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 pm ET. Soon after the drawings took place, you can check the Mega Millions winning numbers online. On this page we provide the 10 latest Mega Millions results (check below).
Mega Millions Record Jackpot
The biggest Mega Millions jackpot to date was scooped by a single player on August 8, 2023.
The jackpot was so big that it was referred to as the Mega BILLIONS. Indeed, it reached $1.602 billion!
The lucky Mega Millions winner was the only one out of 7,056,452 winners on this drawing to guess ALL the numbers right. His ticket featured the winning numbers 13-19-20-32-33 & Mega Ball 14 and was the 4th Mega Millions jackpot to go to Florida.
A few Mega Millions winners scooped billion-dollars jackpots and they are hand-to-hand with Powerball winners. The battle between these 2 US lotteries is fierce and noone knows what the future is made of. One thing for sure: the jackpots just seem to get more and more amazing!
Mega Millions prizes
Mega Millions provides nine levels of prizes, ranging from a $2 prize for matching the Mega Ball to the jackpot of at least $20 million that can be won when all five main balls and the Mega Ball are matched. If there is no jackpot winner in a lottery drawing, the award amount is carried over to the succeeding drawing. Without a cap in place, the jackpot amount may soar into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The chart below shows the various prizes that can be won in Mega Millions, along with the odds of landing each one:
| Prize Division | Prize | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Jackpot | 1 : 30,25,75,350 |
| 2nd Prize | $10,00,000 | 1 : 1,26,07,306 |
| 3rd Prize | $10,000 | 1 : 9,31,001 |
| 4th Prize | $500 | 1 : 38,792 |
| 5th Prize | $200 | 1 : 14,547 |
| 6th Prize | $10 | 1 : 693 |
| 7th Prize | $10 | 1 : 606 |
| 8th Prize | $4 | 1 : 89 |
| 9th Prize | $2 | 1 : 36 |
Mega Millions odds
When you join the Mega Millions game, your chances of winning a lower-tier prize are more interesting than the ones for cashing the jackpot. Altogether, you have a one in 24 probability of claiming a reward. For example, you have a one in 36 shot at taking home the smallest Mega Millions prize. As for the Mega Millions jackpot, your chances are one in 302,575,350.
Check Mega Millions results
This is the moment you have been waiting for! Here are the Mega Millions results for the last 10 draws. You can win if the numbers on one line of your ticket tally with those of the balls drawn in that particular draw.
How to check Mega Millions tickets?
If you want to know if you are a winner when checking your Mega Millions numbers, remember to read your ticket correctly accordingly to the following instructions:
- In the main number section, check the 5 main numbers (the numbers in white*)
- Then find the additional number, the Mega Ball (the number in blue above*)
The order of your numbers does not matter, however, the main numbers and the Mega Ball numbers are not interchangeable. At the end of the day, if all winning numbers are featured on your ticket, you win the Mega Millions jackpot while you may win one of the Mega Millions secondary prizes if you match only some of the winning numbers.
Mega Millions FAQ
To play Mega Millions you have to pick 6 numbers from two separate pools of numbers:
– 5 numbers from 1 to 70 (main numbers)
– 1 number from 1 to 25 (Mega Ball)
If all numbers match, you win the jackpot. If some of your numbers match, you could win one of the secondary prizes.
Yes, but we advise you to choose a good service of lottery couriers to play Mega Millions online.
No, as long as your ticket features the winning numbers, it does not matter in which order, you will win.
You can win a Mega Millions prize with only one number if that number is the Mega Ball, otherwise you need 2 main numbers guessed right.
Mega Millions vs Powerball
Overall, the rules of the Mega Millions and the Powerball are very similar, you need to select 6 numbers to play. However, for the Mega Millions you need to select the main numbers from 1 to 70, and one additional number from 1 to 25 while with the Powerball you need to select five numbers from 1 to 69 and one additional number from 1 to 26.
Powerball
$20 Million
5/69 + 1/26
Mon, Wed & Sat
$2.04 billion
Power Play 10x
9 categories
1:292,223,510
vs
Starting Jackpot
Game Format
Draw Days
Record Jackpot
Highest Multiplier
Prizes
Winning Odds
Mega Millions
$20 Million
5/70 + 1/25
Tue & Fri
$1.602 billion
Megaplier 5x
9 categories
1:302,575,350