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The odds of winning or sharing a Mega Millions jackpot (October 19, 2013 – October 27, 2017): one in about 258.9 million. The overall odds of winning a prize were ...
Functionally, these games are similar to five-number games, except, because of the need to match a sixth number, the top-prize odds are longer. Therefore, six-number games generally offer a higher top prize. A straight six-number game is different from "two-drum" games such as Powerball, Cash4Life, Lucky for Life, and Mega Millions.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot — no matter the size — are around 1 in 292.2 million.
Mega Millions is increasing the odds you’ll have a winning lottery ticket by reducing the number of gold Mega Balls used when winning numbers are drawn. This improves the odds from 1 in 25 to 1 ...
Two major lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball, are both offered in nearly all jurisdictions that operate lotteries, and serve as de facto national lotteries. In fiscal 2018, Americans spent $77.7 billion on various lotteries, up by about $5 billion from 2017.
The odds of winning Mega Millions are 302,575,350 to one. That doesn’t stop thousands of lotto fans from joining the fun and daydreaming about the day they win the grand prize.
Mega Millions Jul 24, 2018 CA [38] 29 $536m $378.3m 1 $378.3m Mega Millions Jul 8, 2016 IN [39] 30 $533m $324.6m 1 $324.6m Mega Millions Mar 30, 2018 NJ [40] 31 $530m $345.2m 1 $345.2m Mega Millions Jun 7, 2019 CA [41] 32 $516m $349.3m 1 $349.3m Mega Millions May 21, 2021 PA [42] 33 $502m $252m 2 $126m Mega Millions Oct 14, 2022 CA, FL [43] 34 ...
Probability of an entry winning the jackpot in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery in the United States* [9] 5.707×10 −9: Probability of winning the Grand Prize (matching all 6 numbers) in the US Powerball lottery with one ticket in January 2014 10 −8: 1.303×10 −8