Mega Millions: Drawing Date, Jackpot Details, and Winning Strategies

Written by Sandy Amaze | 12-09-2022 Image Credit : Google/Social Media Author page: https://gigsgiveaways.com/author

Are you looking to try your luck at winning the Mega Millions jackpot? If so, you'll want to keep track of the drawing dates and time.

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The drawing is on Tuesday and Friday nights at 11pm Eastern Time (ET), and you can buy a ticket until 1045pm ET

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The jackpot starts at $40 million and increases if there is no winner.

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You can also find results from past drawings, so you can track your progress towards becoming a millionaire!

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This is the largest lottery prize in the world, and it's worth a whopping $1.537 billion as of October 23, 2018.

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Five white balls are drawn out of a drum with 70 balls and one red ball is drawn out of a drum with 25 balls.

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One in 258,890,850 people have a chance of winning the jackpot.

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To win the jackpot, you must match all six numbers exactly – no substitutions allowed!

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If there is no grand prize winner, the jackpot prize rolls over to the next drawing – so there's always a chance to become rich!

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So if you're ever feeling lucky and want to try your luck at winning some big bucks playing Mega Millions – now is definitely your chance!

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The jackpot has reached as high as $1.536 billion, and you have a 1 in 259 million chance of winning it.

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