How to Play Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a multi-state lotto game where jackpots start at $12 million and keep climbing until someone wins! There are big non-jackpot prizes, too – up to $250,000! – and, if you add Megaplier® to your ticket, you could win up to $1 million!

To play, pick five numbers from 1 to 56 (the white balls) plus one more number – the Mega Ball® – from 1 to 46. You win the jackpot if you match all five white balls plus the Mega Ball. In addition to the jackpot, there are eight ways to win set cash prize amounts.

Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 10 p.m. To be eligible on the nights of the drawings you must purchase your Mega Millions tickets before 9 p.m. If you win the jackpot, you have 60 days after you claim your prize to determine how you want to be paid. You can be paid in 26 equal annual payments OR in one lump-sum cash payment.

Players have one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prize.

Prizes and Odds of Winning

The approximate overall odds of winning a Mega Millions prize are 1 in 39.89

*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.

**The jackpot prize will be divided equally among all winning jackpot prize tickets.

How to Play

1. Get a MEGA MILLIONS play slip from any Minnesota State Lottery retailer and follow the directions on the back. Or simply ask the clerk for a MEGA MILLIONS QUICK PICK and random numbers will be picked for you.
2. Each play will cost you $1—unless you add “Megaplier” or extra draws.
3. You can purchase up to 14 draws in advance. Remember, each play costs $1.
4. Mega Millions tickets cannot be cancelled so please check your play slip carefully before you hand it to the retailer.
5. Give your play slip to the Lottery retailer and receive a computer-printed ticket. The ticket is the only valid receipt for claiming a prize. The play slip is not a valid receipt.

Multiply Your Win with Megaplier!

For a chance to multiply any non-jackpot win up to 2, 3  or even 4 times, add the optional Megaplier feature when you buy your Mega Millions ticket. For an additional $1 per play (and per draw, if you purchase multiple draws) you will receive the regular non-jackpot prize amount MULTIPLIED by the Megaplier number that is drawn. For example, if you win $10 on Mega Millions and added Megaplier to that ticket, and the Megaplier number drawn is “3” - your prize climbs to $30 ($10 x 3 = $30). Match 5 winners who purchase Megaplier for that drawing will automatically win $1 million, no matter what Megaplier number was drawn.

NOTE: You must add Megaplier at the time you purchase your Mega Millions tickets. Ask the clerk to add it or indicate Megaplier on your play slip. Each time you add an additional draw or an additional play that includes Megaplier, it will cost you an additional $1 per play and per draw and doubles the cost for that Mega Millions ticket.

Where to Play

The following 45 lotteries offer Mega Millions: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia and Wisconsin.