Mega Millions winning numbers are to be revealed soon on tonight's draw, March 25, 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 the amount of US$20M!
Today's $20 million jackpot has a lump-sum cash option of around $10 million. No one matched the winning numbers in Friday night's drawing, which were 02-23-30-35-53 with a Mega ball of 10 -- when the jackpot was $15 million.
This is the second drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot since two tickets in Maryland and Florida split the $400 million jackpot on last week Tuesday, March 18. In the meantime, tonight's Powerball jackpot is at $96 million.
As the jackpot rises for the Mega Millions game, so are the sales of the tickets, especially as it reaches $20 million or more, according to lottery experts.
In order to play a ticket and win the Mega Millions jackpot prize of $20 million on March 25, 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 that player 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, while 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 $25 million mark by the time the next drawing rolls around on Friday, March 28.
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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