Mega Millions FAQS

Mega Millions drawings take place two times a week on Tuesday and Friday in Atlanta, Georgia at 10:00 PM CT.

You can play Mega Millions either by visiting a lottery retailer or via a lottery courier. In order to enter, you must select five main numbers from 1 to 70 and a Mega Ball between 1 and 24. Read more about the Mega Millions rules on our How to Play page.

Mega Millions ticket sales in Texas close at 9:45 PM CT, before reopening for the next draw at 10:15 PM.

The price of a Mega Millions ticket is $2 per play.

Yes, you can enter up to 26 consecutive drawings if you mark the 'Multi-Draw' box.

The Megaplier is an outdated feature that has since been replaced with an automatic Multiplier with each ticket. The Multiplier is randomly assigned to your ticket and can increase non-jackpot prizes by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, or 10x on every play.

The Mega Millions jackpot starts at $50 million and can keep growing until it is won.

No, the Mega Millions jackpot will keep on rolling until a participant matches all six winning numbers.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot was worth $1.602 billion and it was won on August 8, 2023. The grand prize was won by a player from Florida who claimed the cash value option worth $783.3 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix in Neptune Beach. In Texas, the largest Mega Millions jackpot was won on September 10, 2024. The jackpot was worth $800 million and the winning ticket was sold at Murphy USA 8848 in Sugar Land.

The overall odds of winning a Mega Millions prize are approximately 1 in 24. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336. You can explore the odds of winning for each of the nine prize categories on our Odds and Prizes page.

Winning tickets are valid for 180 days from the draw date. Depending on the amount of your prize, you may claim by mail or by organizing an appointment in Austin. Read more about how to claim prizes here.