Jtonight Mega Millions the drawing is historic, because with its $1.1 billion prize poolwhose cash option is $576.8 millionyou can become a multi-millionaire if luck is on your side.
That’s why we are going to tell you here everything you need to know about the draw, how to play it, how much it costs, etc., so that 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 from waiting in line at a supermarket or gas station, but not in all states you can do this. Here we explain:
Mega Millions can be played normally in all states except these five: Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
In some states, players can use third-party services to purchase tickets, such as Lotto.com, which purchases tickets and sends digital images to the player.
Players from 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 visit a retailer or lottery vending machine to print the ticket.
In these states, lotteries sell tickets on their own websites: Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, 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 option to purchase 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 is the Mega Millions draw tonight?
The next Mega Millions draw is on Tuesday, January 10 at 11 p.m. ET, so if you want to participate, be sure to buy your tickets in time.
What are the odds of winning Mega Millions?
In reality, the chances of winning the jackpot are almost impossible, but they do 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, then you would have the same chance of being struck by lightning in your lifetime.
Here are some explanations for this:
1) People can choose numbers and tend to choose numbers from a similar range. People tend to choose birthdays and ages, which makes lower numbers more common.
2) The odds are high enough to make the game attractive and the winners fair enough that we have hope in the improbable.
3) You can choose random numbers. This increases the chances that if you win, no one else wins.