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THE MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY (MEGAMILLIONS)
History Of The Mega Millions Lottery:
The second giant multi-State lottery offered by PlayEuromillions.com, Mega Millions, held the record for the largest draw in the world for 3 years before Powerball overtook it. At the time that it set a world record in 2012, the jackpot was a staggering $656 million. 3 lucky ticket holders shared this massive jackpot. As with USA Powerball, Mega Millions jackpot winners have the choice of a lump sum cash payment or an annuity payment over several years. 5 lucky numbers and 1 Mega ball will get you started on the road to unbelievable riches.
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How To Play The Mega Millions Lottery:
The Mega Millions lottery makes use of two separate ball sets where lottery players pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 (these are known as the ‘white balls') and a further 1 number from 1 to 25 (the gold coloured ‘Mega’ ball). Owing to the fact that the Mega ball is drawn from a separate ball set, it is possible that it can be a duplicate of one of the drawn white balls which makes it even more exciting.
In order to win the jackpot, players need to match all 6 drawn lottery numbers.
Mega Millions Rollovers And Historic Jackpots:
Mega Millions holds the record for the second largest lottery jackpot in the world, paid out October 2018, a massive $1.537 billion. Mega Millions is no new arrival to giant jackpots though, with a rich tradition of paying out large sums of money to winners.
- $1.537 billion USD won on October 23, 2018 – the second largest jackpot in the world, ever! The historic jackpot had one winning ticket holder.
- $656 million USD won on March 30, 2012 – this historic jackpot was shared by three winning ticket holders.
- $648 million USD won on December 17, 2013 and shared by two winning tickets.
- $536 million USD won on July 8, 2016 – the prize was won by a single lucky player in Indiana.
As with the USA Powerball, Mega Millions offers both a cash or an annuity prize option. The annuity provides annual payments over a 26-year period.

Payment of winnings for both USA lotteries is subject to federal and applicable state taxes deducted from them.
When To Play The Mega Millions lottery:
Mega Millions draws take place twice a week on Tuesday and Friday. Drawings are held at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia in the States. Players' entry tickets into the US Mega Millions are obtained via the PlayEuroMillions ticket purchasing office, based in Connecticut, USA.
Mega Millions Prize Structure:
The Mega Millions lotto has a total of 9 prize tiers starting at simply matching the Mega ball all the way up to matching the 5 white balls and Mega ball.
Matches | Prize | |
Normal balls (pool of 70) | Mega ball (pool of 25) |
5 |
1 |
Jackpot |
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5 |
0 |
$1,000,000 |
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4 |
1 |
$10,000 |
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4 |
0 |
$500 |
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3 |
1 |
$200 |
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3 |
0 |
$10 |
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2 |
1 |
$10 |
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1 |
1 |
$4 |
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0 |
1 |
$2 |
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