Last night's Mega Millions numbers: Did anyone win jackpot?
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No one won the jackpot in last night's Mega Millions drawing. The jackpots is now worth an estimated $940 million with a cash value of $483.5 million. There were Match 5 $1 million winners in Maryland, Texas and Virginia and Match5 + Megaplier winners in Arizona, Mississippi and South Dakota. Next drawing is on Friday, Jan. 6 at 11 p.m. and you can buy tickets until 10:45 p.,m., for a chance at winning.
The next Mega Millions drawing is on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.
There are nine ways to win a prize from the jackpot to $2. Players can pick six numbers from two pools of numbers. They can either choose Easy Pick or Quick Pick and have the numbers auto-drawn.
The Megaplier feature increases non-jackpot prizes from two to five times. It costs an additional $1 per play.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 303 million. The odds for winning $1 million is 1.6 million, and the overall chance of wining any prize is one in 24.
You can play Mega Millions in 47 localities: 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Million ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night. Residents can also purchase tickets online at Kylottery.com.
There is a huge Mega Millions jackpot prize. If you win, you can take the annuity, which pays out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments. There is also the cash option, a one-time, lump sum payment equal to all the prize money.
