Current Jackpot: $264,000,000
To play Mega Millions online you need to either pick, or allow a Quickpick computer programme to pick for you, five different numbers from 1 to 70 (white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (golden ball). The gold coloured Mega Ball is drawn from a separate machine, so it can be a duplicate of one of the white ball numbers. The Mega Ball number cannot cross over to be used for matching a white ball number, or vice versa.
Your odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 303 million. Your odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are about 1 in 37.
After Mega Millions has changed its rules, your chances to win Mega Millions jackpot are actually worse than in Powerball with the odds of 1:292 million.
Information on other payouts and odds for the Mega Millions Lottery is summarised in the table below.
Match |
Prize |
Odds |
 + 
|
$264,000,000 |
1 in 302,575,350 |
|
$1,000,000 |
1 in 12,607,306 |
+ |
$10,000 |
1 in 931,001 |
|
$500 |
1 in 38,792 |
+ |
$200 |
1 in 14,547 |
|
$10 |
1 in 606 |
+ |
$10 |
1 in 693 |
+ |
$4 |
1 in 89 |
|
$2 |
1 in 37 |