Tat night Mega Millions the drawing is historical, because with his $1.1 billion jackpotof which the cash option is $576.8 millionyou can become a multi-millionaire if luck is on your side.
That’s why we’ll tell you here everything you need to know about the draw, how to play it, how much it costs and so on, so you can buy your ticket and participate.
Can you buy a Mega Millions ticket online?
Participating in Mega Millions is possible by buying tickets online, which saves you the trouble of queuing at the supermarket or gas station, but not in all states you can do this. Here we explain:
Mega Millions can normally be played in all but these five states: Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
In some states, players can use third-party services to purchase tickets, such as Lotto.com, which allows you to purchase tickets and sends digital images to the player.
Players in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Texas can use this service, according to Lotto.com.
Oregon also has access to a messaging service, theLotter Oregon.
In Oklahoma and Indiana, players can create their ticket on the state lottery app, but must go to a lottery retailer or vending machine to print the ticket.
In these states, lotteries sell tickets on their websites: Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Washington DC residents can also purchase tickets online.
However, these states do NOT allow the purchase of Mega Millions tickets online: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
What time does the mega millions draw tonight?
The next Mega Millions draw will be Tuesday January 10 at 11pm ET, so if you want to participate make sure you get your tickets in time.
What are the chances of winning Mega Millions?
In reality the chances of hitting the jackpot are almost impossible, but they exist. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million.
In fact, you are 300 times more likely to be struck by lightning in your lifetime than to win Mega Millions. If you were to buy 300 tickets, only then would you have an equal chance of being struck by lightning in your lifetime.
Here are some explanations for this:
1) People can pick numbers and tend to pick numbers in a similar range. People tend to pick birthdays and ages, which makes lower numbers more common.
2) The odds are high enough to make the game attractive and the winners are fair enough to give us hope for the improbable.
3) You can choose numbers at random. This increases the chances that if you win, no one else wins.
