Va Lottery Mega Millions (2024)

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Mega Millions is a drawing that occurs twice each week and gives players the opportunity to win a jackpot or other cash prizes. Each ticket costs $2.

Two numbers will not win you anything in Mega Millions, unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball.

When is next Mega Millions drawing? Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.

Play Mega Millions for just $2. Purchase tickets at your local Lottery retailer or at your nearest Lottery vending machine. Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 8:00 p.m. Find out where to play here.

Each play (six numbers) costs $2.

Four numbers - $500

The odds of buying a ticket containing four numbers without the Mega Ball more than double again to 38,792 to 1 chance, but so too does the prize at $500.

Do you win anything with one number on Mega Millions? If you match just the Mega Ball (and don't match any of the five regular numbers), you win a $2 prize and break even on the $2 cost of your Mega Millions ticket. However, If you match one white ball but not the Mega Ball, there is no prize.

If you win a Mega Millions® jackpot, you will choose how to be paid: Cash Option or Annual Payout. Prize claim parameters vary from state to state. Contact your Mega Millions lottery for detailed information. Annuity option: The Mega Millions annuity is paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments.

Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024: No jackpot winner. Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Tuesday, Aug. 27 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $582 million ($286.9 million cash option).

The lucky Mega Millions numbers were 28, 30, 44, 66, 69 and Mega Ball 2. CLEVELAND — Although nobody hit the $535 million jackpot in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, August 23, 2024, lottery officials say there were thousands of other winners who hit smaller prizes in Ohio.

What are the odds of winning Mega Millions? ›

What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot? The odds of matching the five white balls and Mega Ball to win the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

Most states offer a Megaplier feature to increase non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times; it costs an additional $1 per play. Before each Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday and Friday nights, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with 2X, six with 3X, three with 4X and one with 5X.

The Megaplier does not affect the odds of winning the jackpot or of any of the secondary prizes. Instead, the Megaplier affects the size of the non-jackpot prizes awarded in a draw. The Megaplier can multiply those prizes by a factor of two, three, four, or five.

Winning numbers are posted shortly after each drawing. Information on the number of winners is posted on Wednesday and Saturday mornings after Mega Millions lottery security has verified winning ticket sales.

Key Facts. The winner has the option to receive the $720 million in 30 annual payments over 29 years, or as an up-front lump sum of $369.6 million.

Normally, Hill would have won a $1 million prize, but she spent an extra dollar for the Megaplier when she bought the ticket. That extra dollar tripled her prize to $3 million, according to Mega Millions. Hill's winning ticket was purchased in Suffolk, Virginia.

The person with the winning ticket has 180 days from the drawing date to claim their prize. The Virginia Lottery advises the winner to sign the back of their ticket immediately to establish ownership.