The American lottery holds the record for the most extraordinary Jackpot ever won among all international lotteries worldwide. The first MEGA Millions draw took place long ago, on September 6, 1996.
- The minimum jackpot is $40,000,000 and it often reaches much higher values.
- Mega Millions has created several millionaires over the years.
- The odds of winning are very low, at 1 in 258,890,850
- The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are even lower, at 1 in 302,575,350
Play Megamillions
Mega Millions that started as “The Big Game” back in 1996 and is a USA based lottery known for very big jackpots starting at $40,000,000 and higher that has made huge wins for it’s players. The first draw as “MegaMillions” occurred in 2002 and it has created several millionaires since then.
The largest jackpot prize was 656 million dollars won by 3 people in 2012. In 2016 a 540 million dollar claim was won by a single player from Indiana. In October 2017 a new option was added where a player could choose to play for the jackpot only, instead of the secondary prizes as well. Also unique to the Mega Millions lotto is a mutiplier called Megaplier where you can choose to multiply any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times its value.
The number drawing occurs on Tuesday and Friday and consists of 5 numbers out of 70 and 1 bonus number (Megaball) from 25. So, pick your winning numbers or use our generator below and let’s play!
