Mega Millions Jackpot $900 Million: The Mega Millions lottery prize has now reached a massive $900 million. Players can also choose a one-time lump sum payment of $415.3 million instead. The next draw will happen on Tuesday, November 11 at 11 p.m. ET, or 8 p.m. PT. Many people across the country are now rushing to buy their tickets hoping to win one of the biggest jackpots in lottery history.
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How to Play Mega Millions?
In the Mega Millions game the players have to pick six numbers. Five of these numbers are chosen from 1 to 70 for the white balls. The last number, called the Mega Ball, is picked from 1 to 25. To win the top prize, you must match all five white balls and the golden Mega Ball. The odds of doing that are incredibly small about 1 in more than 300 million.
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Some people think using both odd and even numbers, or mixing big and small numbers, can help them win. But the lottery is just luck. Even if some numbers came many times before, that doesn’t mean they will come again.
Between September 6, 1996, and August 1, 2023, the white ball numbers that showed up most were 31, 17, 46, 20, and 10. For the golden Mega Ball, the most drawn numbers were 9, 15, 3, 10, and 1. Still, experts say there is no pattern that guarantees a win.
Picking Numbers
Mark Glickman, a senior statistics lecturer at Harvard University, shared some advice on choosing numbers. He said the best strategy is to go completely random. “No birthdays that have special meaning to you because other people are likely to make those same picks,” he told CBS News.
Glickman explained that picking special dates or repeating patterns often means sharing the same numbers with many other players. If that combination happens to win, the jackpot would be divided among all of them, reducing the payout. So random numbers give players a better shot at keeping the prize to themselves if they win.
More Tickets meaning more chances to Win
Buying more tickets does increase your odds, but only by a very small amount. For example, if the chance of winning is 1 in 302,575,350 with one ticket, then buying two makes it 2 in 302,575,350. It’s technically a higher chance, but still extremely low.
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The Mega Millions game is purely based on chance, and no method can truly guarantee a win. Glickman says that the “best way to increase your chances of winning is to buy more tickets, within reason.” However, he also warns that spending too much money trying to chase the jackpot doesn’t make sense because the odds remain tiny.
Mega Millions: prizes and odds of winning
- Five balls and the Mega Ball – jackpot (1 in 302,575,350 chance)
- Five balls – $1,000,000 (1 in 12,607,306)
- Four balls and the Mega Ball – $10,000 (1 in 931,001)
- Four balls – $500 (1 in 38,792)
- Three balls and the Mega Ball – $200 (1 in 14,547)
- Three balls – $10 (1 in 606)
- Two balls and the Mega Ball – $10 (1 in 693)
- One ball and the Mega Ball – $4 (1 in 89)
- The Mega Ball – $2 (1 in 37)
