Tonight’s Mega Millions drawing is historic, because with its $1.1 billion jackpotof which the cash option is $576.8 millionyou can become a multimillionaire if luck is on your side.
That is why we are going to tell you here everything you need to know about the draw, how to play it, how much it costs and so on, 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 the trouble of standing in line at a supermarket or a gas station, but not in all states you can do it. Here we explain:
Mega Millions can be played as normal 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 allows tickets to be purchased 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 have to go to 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. Residents of Washington D.C. 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 drawing tonight ?
Mega Millions next drawing will be on Tuesday, January 10, at 11:00 PM ET, so if you want to participate be sure to buy your tickets on time.
What are the chances 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 have 300 times more chances of being struck by lightning in your lifetime than winning Mega Millions. If you were to buy 300 tickets, only then would you 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 of a similar range. People tend to pick birthdays and ages, which makes lower numbers more common.
2) The odds are high enough that the game is attractive and the winners are fair enough that we have hope in the improbable.
3) You can pick numbers at random. This increases the odds that if you win, no one else wins.