Mega Millions winning numbers are to be revealed soon on tonight's draw, April 1, 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, now that the jackpot prize has reached the amount of US$20M!
Today's $20 Mega Millions jackpot has a lump-sum cash value of $11.2 million. No one matched the winning Mega Millions numbers on Friday, March 28, 2014, increasing the jackpot to $20 million. No one matched the numbers in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, which is 02-03-09-50-73. Meanwhile, tonight's Powerball jackpot is at $50 million, the New York Lottery said on its website.
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 April 1, 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, April 4.
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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