NEW YORK — Do you like buying the lottery? You must take this into account.
The New York Lottery announced Monday that starting April 4, ticket purchases Mega Millions for a draw that occurs on the same day, they must be done before 10:00 p.m. Currently, Mega Millions tickets for the same-day draw can be purchased until 10:45 p.m.
Remember that the raffles of Mega Millionns are held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 pm
The new draw closing time will allow the New York Lottery more time to complete the closing procedures for each lottery drawing. Mega Millions. The change is strictly operational and will have no effect for those wishing to play Mega Millions.
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. Players choose six numbers from two separate number pools: five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25 for Mega Ball, or select Quick Pick so that the numbers are randomly selected. To win the jackpot, a player must match all six winning numbers.
Players can also use the feature Megaplier for an additional $1 per game. He Megaplier multiplies non-Jackpot prizes up to five times. Other feature of Mega Millions call “Just the Jackpot” provides players with two tickets Quick Pick who are only eligible to win the jackpot for just $3.
Mega Millions of New York generated $294,562,279 in total sales during the 2021-2022 fiscal year. New York school districts received $119,222,978 in Lottery Aid to Education funds from Mega Millions sales during the same period.
The mega rush picked up incredibly high earlier this year when the jackpot was $1.35 billion. A single winner in Maine claimed that award. It was the second largest in Mega history and the fourth time the game had made a billion-dollar profit.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot came in October 2018 and was $1.53 billion, claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina. The game is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands.
