How To Play
Leave it all up to luck and ask for a Mega Millions quick pick or choose your own numbers. Pick five numbers from 1–70 and one Mega Ball number from 1–25.
There are nine ways to win, starting with $2 for matching just the Mega Ball. Match the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball to win the jackpot.
Jackpots start at $20 million and keep growing until someone wins. Jackpot winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment.
The cost per play is $2. For an additional $1 per play, you may purchase the Megaplier feature to increase non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times.
Multi-draw Tickets: You can purchase a ticket good for up to 14 draws at your favorite retailer. If you choose to play more than one draw, your ticket will include a drawing date range instead of a single drawing date. If you choose to cash in your winnings at any retail location before the final draw, a trailer ticket will be printed for any subsequent drawings still active on the ticket.
For more information about Mega Millions, click here to visit their official website.
Drawing
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Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 10:00 p.m. Tickets must be purchased by 9:00 p.m. on drawing days.
Watch the drawing show on YouTube.
Prizes and Odds
Match: | To Win: | Approx. Odds |
---|---|---|
5 of 5 + Mega Ball | JACKPOT* | 1 in 302,575,350.00 |
5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 in 12,607,306.00 |
4 of 5 + Mega Ball | $10,000 | 1 in 931,001.00 |
4 of 5 | $500 | 1 in 38,792.00 |
3 of 5 + Mega Ball | $200 | 1 in 14,547.00 |
3 of 5 | $10 | 1 in 606.00 |
2 of 5 + Mega Ball | $10 | 1 in 693.00 |
1 of 5 + Mega Ball | $4 | 1 in 89.00 |
Mega Ball Only | $2 | 1 in 37.00 |
*The jackpot prize will be divided equally among all winning jackpot prize tickets.
The approximate overall odds of winning a Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24.00.
Pursuant to Mega Millions game procedures, the prize amounts indicated above may be modified. A prize amount will increase if the winner has added Megaplier to the ticket. Megaplier increases do NOT apply to Mega Millions jackpots.
Prize claims must be submitted within one (1) year of the drawing date.
The Minnesota Lottery attempts to ensure that the winning numbers and jackpot amounts are posted correctly. However, posted numbers are unofficial. The only official source for verifying winning numbers on a player’s ticket is through the Minnesota Lottery’s central computer system. To confirm that a ticket is a winner, please have the ticket validated through a sales terminal at any Minnesota Lottery retailer.
Game Rules [PDF]
Megaplier Rules [PDF]
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The Mega Millions multi-state lotto game is getting a mega upgrade in 2025. We’re here to give you a preview of what those changes are and what they mean for the game.
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