Mega Millions Consortium
United StatesRules v1Mega Millions
Five numbers from 70 plus one Mega Ball from 25. Rolls until won, with no cap on the jackpot.
- per line
- £4.00
- top tier
- 1 in 302,575,350
- draws
- Tuesday & Friday
Estimated jackpot
£806,000,000
Sales close in
52,119,004 tickets sold so far.
The format
What one line looks like
Every line in Mega Millions is the same shape, and every line carries the same odds.
Main numbers
5 from 70
Chosen without repeats. Order never matters — a line is a set, not a sequence.
Mega Ball
1 from 25
Drawn from a separate pool, so a mega ball may repeat a main number.
Any match
1 in 13
The chance of a single line landing any of the 10 combinations below.
Choose your numbers
Build your ticket
Pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70, plus 1 mega ball from 1 to 25. Add up to ten lines in one purchase.
Line 1
Choose your numbers
- Pick 5 main numbers — 0 selected
- Pick 1 bonus number — 0 selected
Selections are re-validated on the server before any ticket is sold. The server decides; this grid only helps you get there.
Odds
Match combinations
Computed from the format above rather than typed in by hand, so this table cannot drift from the rules your ticket is validated against.
| Match | Numbers | Odds on one line |
|---|---|---|
| 5 + 1Jackpot | 1 in 302,575,350 | |
| 5 + 0 | 1 in 12,607,306 | |
| 4 + 1 | 1 in 931,001 | |
| 4 + 0 | 1 in 38,792 | |
| 3 + 1 | 1 in 14,547 | |
| 3 + 0 | 1 in 606 | |
| 2 + 1 | 1 in 693 | |
| 2 + 0 | 1 in 29 | |
| 1 + 1 | 1 in 89 | |
| 0 + 1 | 1 in 37 |
Odds are for a single line and do not improve by playing the same numbers repeatedly. These are match combinations, not a prize schedule: which of them carry a cash prize, and how much, is set by the operator’s published rules for each draw.
Draw schedule
Sales close a short safety margin before each draw, measured against an independently attested clock rather than your device.
How your ticket is protected
When you buy, your ticket is sealed with a sequence number, a timestamp from an independently attested clock, and the rules version in force at that moment — v1 today. You receive a signed receipt that can be verified without trusting us. Before sales close, a hash of the entire ticket set is published, so no ticket can be added, removed or altered after the fact.
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