Mega Millions is one of America's two big jackpot games, and the only one with Match 5 prizes up to $5 million (with the optional Megaplier).

Mega Millions ® drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 pm ET. Five white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70; one gold Mega Ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25. You win if the numbers on one row of your ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date.

Oct 23, 2018 · There’s extra magic in the air this holiday season as the Mega Millions® jackpot has grown to almost a billion dollars! A massive prize currently estimated at $944 million ($429.4 million cash) is on tap for the next drawing on Tuesday, December 24.

Mega Millions® tickets cost $2.00 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.

Mega Millions is one of America's two big jackpot games, and the only one with Match 5 prizes up to $5 million (with the optional Megaplier).

Mega Millions currently offers a $20 million starting jackpot and a second-tier (Match 5+0) prize of $1 million. By choosing the Megaplier for $1 more per Play, players can multiply their non-jackpot winnings by two, three, four or five times, winning as much as $5 million.

You can play Mega Millions® in 47 localities (indicated in blue): 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Select a state to get contact information or link to that lottery's website.

An Illinois iLottery player has won the Mega Millions® jackpot – a whopping $552 million in last night’s drawing. The lucky winner scored the massive jackpot playing the game on the lottery’s mobile app – making this the largest prize ever won by an online lottery player in the U.S.

Aug 8, 2023 · A ticket sold in Illinois has won the second Mega Millions® jackpot of 2024! After matching all six numbers drawn Tuesday night – the white balls 19, 37, 40, 63 and 69, plus the gold Mega Ball 17 – the single ticket takes the prize of $552 million ($260.2 million cash).

Mega Millions has awarded 35 jackpots of more than $300 million, and is the only lottery game that has awarded seven prizes of $1 billion or more, two each in 2023 and 2024, plus one each in 2018, 2021, and 2022.