November 9, Check Your Numbers Are you holding a winning ticket? Drawing Number. How to Play Pick up a Mega Millions bet slip from your retailer. You must purchase your Mega Millions ticket by p. Expand All. Choose Your Numbers. Check Results to See if You've Won! Frequently Asked Questions. Why is the Mega Millions game changing? How much does it cost to play the new Mega Millions game?
What are the odds of winning a prize? Where can I play Mega Millions? When are Mega Millions drawings? Does the enhanced Mega Millions game have any new features? Where can I cash my Mega Millions ticket? Where can I find the winning numbers? What are the payment options? Jackpot winners can decide how they want to receive their prize. Players must be 18 years or older to purchase tickets. Prizes must be claimed within days from the date of the drawing.
All prizes for Mega Millions must be claimed in the state where the ticket was purchased. Latest Winners Winner Spotlight. Winner Spotlight. Could these be your winning numbers? Expiring Tickets. Match all 5 white balls and the Mega Ball to win the jackpot! Each playslip contains five panels A-E. To play, in each panel:. Drawings are held Tuesday and Friday nights at p. Tickets may be purchased until p. Tickets purchased after that time will be for the next drawing.
See chart below for all Megaplier prize payouts. Of the five white balls, two or three should be between 1 and The remainder should be between 39 and Split the total playing range in half. Since you can only play numbers 1 through 75, this means your low half will be 1 through 38 and your high half will 39 through Try to choose a relatively equal amount numbers from both halves when picking numbers for the five main balls. As with even and odd numbers, only approximately 3 percent of the past winning combinations have consisted of either all high numbers or all low numbers.
Play balanced numbers. Before settling on your five main numbers, add them together and check the total. Ideally, the sum should be between and The lowest sum your numbers could possibly equal would be 5 and the highest sum would be When you have a sum in between and , you've hit the ideal median range and your game is said to be "balanced. Skip number groups. Since there are only five main numbers, you'll never be able to represent all eight number groups.
Oftentimes, though, there are even fewer than five number groups represented in the winning combination. Number groups count off in groups of ten: 0s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.
It's unlikely that all five main numbers will come from one number group, but it's fairly common for one number group to be represented more than once. As a general rule, try to choose numbers that represent three to four of these number groups. Select both hot and cold numbers. There's no fixed ratio of hot to cold numbers, but you should try to include at least one of each in your group of five.
It's just as unlikely that all five numbers will be "cold" as it is that all five will be "hot. Two cold numbers can be inactive for equal amounts of time, and one might suddenly become hot while the other stays cold.
Avoid identical combinations. Number combinations that have won in the past are unlikely to win again, so duplicating a winning combination from the past will almost always result in failure. Statistically, any specific string of numbers has a chance of being drawn only once in approximately 2,, years. That doesn't mean it can't happen, of course. There has been one set of five numbers drawn twice since the start of Mega Millions , [4] X Research source but such incidents are highly uncommon.
For this reason, it's also a good idea to change your number combination each time you play instead of sticking with the same one. Your initial combination is no more likely to win than any other combination you could choose. Skip strings of consecutive numbers. Avoid choosing the combination 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 for your Mega Millions ticket. Similarly, avoid choosing any set of five consecutive numbers. Consecutive strings are so poorly balanced that they are extremely rare and almost never occur.
Note, however, that it is not uncommon for two numbers within a string of five to directly follow one another e. Consecutive pairs are okay, but consecutive strings of five are very rare. Don't bet on patterns. Any pattern is predictable, but in a random drawing like the Mega Millions, perfect patterns are quite rare and probably won't win.
One pattern people mistakenly play involves creating a straight line vertically or diagonally across the number ticket. Number multiples e. A final pattern you should avoid involves choosing numbers that all have the same last digit e. Try playing random numbers. Since the Mega Millions winning numbers are chosen at random, using a randomized system to blindly choose the numbers you play can actually work to your favor.
You'll be more likely to end up with a set of numbers that is truly random, rather than a set that has been subliminally influenced by your own biases and ideas. If you plan on purchasing more than one ticket, consider both strategies. Choose your numbers for one ticket and let the machine choose random numbers for your second ticket. As long as you've picked the numbers that are drawn, the order is not important.
Not Helpful 1 Helpful Not Helpful 4 Helpful Keep in mind there are millions of tickets sold. Also, although, theoretically, the odds of winning by buying random numbers can be calculated, your odds of increasing your chances are practically nil. Not Helpful 16 Helpful Lotteries are completely random, so there is no combination of numbers that would be better than any other.
A lot of people choose birthdays or ages of family, or some other numbers that have meaning to them.
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