Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 10:00 p.m. Central Time, 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Drawings are held at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. You can buy tickets until 10:45 p.m. Eastern Time, 9:45 p.m. Central Time, 7:45 p.m. Pacific Time. You can play Mega Millions 41 states plus the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands. It does not include Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama, Florida, Alaska or Hawaii.
Just call the one from your state, or the state nearest you: Arizona call Cindy Esquer 480-921-4517, Arkansas call Julie Baldridge 501-683-1877, California call Alex Traverso 916-324-9639, Colorado call Heather Black 303-759-6872, Connecticut call Diane Patterson 860-713-2701, District of Columbia call Athena Hernandez 202-645-8075, Delaware call Wayne Lemons 302-744-1601, Georgia call Tandi Reddick 404-215-5062, Idaho call David Workman 208-334-2600, Illinois call Tracy Owens 312-793-3026, Indiana call Megan Wright 317-264-4805, Iowa call Mary Neubauer 515-725-7906, Kansas call Sally Lunsford 785-296-5708, Kentucky call Chip Polston 502-560-1675, Maine call Dan Gwadosky 207-287-6750, Maryland call Carole Everett 410-230-8800, Massachusetts call Beth Bresnahan 781-849-5600, Michigan call Andi Brancato 517-335-5641, Minnesota call Debbie Hoffmann 651-635-8226, Missouri call Susan Goedde 573-751-4050, Montana call Jo Berg 406-444-5836, Nebraska call Neil Watson 402-471-6120, New Hampshire call Maura McCann 603-271-3391, New Mexico call Llinda Hamlin 505-342-7616, New Jersey call Jacquie Fiorito 609-599-5875, North Carolina call Van Denton 919-301-3308, North Dakota call Kassondra Keller 701-328-1573, New York call Carolyn Hapeman 518-388-3415, Ohio call Marie Kilbane-Seckers 216-774-5751, Oklahoma call Katy Smith 405-522-7722, Oregon call Chuck Baumann 503-540-1015, Pennsylvania call Elizabeth Brassell 717-787-6960, Rhode Island call Melissa Ferriola 401-463-6500, South Carolina call Stephanie Hemminghaus 803-737-2399, South Dakota call Kelly Thompson 605-773-5983, Tennessee call Kym Gerlock 615-324-6556, Texas call Bobby Heith 512-344-5210, Vermont call Hadley Melendy 802-476-0109, Virginia call Jill Vaughan 804-692-7778, Washington call Scott Kinney 360-664-4723, West Virginia call Nancy Bulla 304-558-0555 or Wisconsin call Jessica Iverson 608-267-4822
How To Play Mega Millions tickets cost $1.00 per play.
Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 56 and one number from 1 to 46 - or select Easy Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.
What if you win the jackpot?
Annuity option: Provides 26 annual payments. For every $1,000,000 in the jackpot, you will receive approximately $38,500 per year before taxes.
Cash option: A one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
In addition to the jackpot, there are other prizes ranging from $2 to $250,000*.
* In California all prizes are pari-mutuel, meaning payouts are based on sales and the number of winners. All other Mega Millions states set the 2nd through 9th prizes at pre-determined amounts.
**Some states use a Megaplier feature to increase non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3 or 4 times. To find out if your state participates, and to get Megaplier results, visit the lottery web site in the state in which you played.
Mega Millions Trivia Did you know?...
There was a jackpot winner in the very first Mega Millions drawing. The drawing on May 17, 2002 resulted in a $27 million winning ticket in Chicago.
There was a second jackpot winner just one week later - which means there were two jackpot winners within the first three Mega Millions drawings.
More than 200 million tickets were sold (at $1 per ticket) for the record $390 million jackpot on March 6, 2007.
Mega Millions has awarded five jackpots of more than $300 million, including the largest North American jackpot of $390 million.
It only took 68 drawings (34 weeks) for Mega Millions to sell its 1 billionth ticket on January 7th 2003.
Mega Millions ticket sales reached 2 billion tickets just 67 drawings later (33.5 weeks) on August 29th, 2003.
The third billionth ticket came just 49 drawings later (24.5 weeks).
Play Responsibly Although most people can play Mega Millions and other lottery games without ill effects, there are some people for whom gambling of any sort can be addictive and very damaging. Like other addictions, gambling addiction is a treatable disease. 12-step programs have proven to be particularly helpful.
All of the Mega Millions member lotteries support and encourage the work of groups like Gamblers Anonymous and the National Council on Problem Gambling to combat gambling addiction and encourage responsible play.
If you think you or a loved one may have a gambling addiction, or if you want to learn more, you can call the National Council on Problem Gambling's confidential 24-hour hotline: 800-522-4700.
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