Mega Millions winning numbers are to be revealed soon on tonight's draw, March 11, 2014. The six lucky numbers of the winning ticket will be announced at exactly 11 p.m. EST.
Hundreds of millions of players are tuning in tonight for the drawing of the Mega Millions winning numbers, especially now that the jackpot prize has reached a mind-blowing amount: US$309M! That's $309 million annuity, or $151 million in cash. This amount is said to be the highest of Mega Millions jackpot for the year 2014.
According to FOX Carolina News on Friday, March 7, there have only been 10 larger jackpots in the history of the Mega Millions game. Regrettably, federal taxes will be deducted to both the annuity and cash options.
Another reason is because the Mega Millions winning numbers have recently created two mega-millionaires with an astounding US$648 million jackpot prize. And as the jackpot rises, so are the sales of the tickets. Arizona lottery officials now anticipate as much as 5,000 additional ticket sales today following Friday's draw.
In order to play and win the colossal Mega Millions jackpot prize of $309 million on March 7, a player must choose six numbers; five of which are from 1 to 75 while the remaining one is referred to as the Mega Ball and is only chosen from 1 to 15.
If all of the numbers on the ticket of the player are the same digits flashed after the Mega Millions draw, then he is bringing home the total jackpot prize.
It's harder than it looks however, because lottery officials say that the overall likelihood of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 258,890,850, while the odds of winning any prize at all is 1 in 14.7. One can still hope to get second place prize though, which amounts to $1 million.
The Mega Millions winning numbers are drawn every Tuesday and Friday around 10:45 p.m. EST, whilst official results of the day's draw are posted shortly after 11 p.m. EST on the main webpage of the Mega Millions Lottery. Winnings will be delivered in two options in case anybody wins: one-time cash payment or in 30 separate payments.
If no one matches all six Mega Millions winning numbers in today's drawing, the next Mega Millions jackpot will most likely go over the $350 million mark by the time the next drawing rolls around on Friday, March 14.
Mega Millions players can check out today's Mega Millions winning numbers draw through this free live stream link. You can also catch direct results for tonight's Mega Millions draw through this link.
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