Mega Millions winning numbers for this Friday's draw are to be revealed soon. The six lucky numbers of the winning ticket will be announced at exactly 11 p.m. EST this Friday, April 4, 2014. 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$30M! Today's $30 Mega Millions jackpot has a lump-sum cash value of $16 million.
With people across the nation getting more excited to grab the jackpot prize after the Mega Millions lottery created two mega-millionaires with a staggering US$414 million jackpot prize, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot has risen to US$30 million while Powerball game has reset back to US$70 million after one lucky ticket matched all the winning numbers and took home the US$425 million jackpot. As the jackpot continues to rise, sales for the tickets have also skyrocketed, with Arizona lottery officials anticipating as much as 5,000 additional ticket sales today following Tuesday's draw.
"The vast majority of our sales happen the day of the drawing," said Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto regarding the sales of Mega Millions tickets. The executive director also shared that ticket sales dramatically increase the nearer the date of the draw is since most Americans like to buy Mega Millions tickets at the last minute. She also explained that most people follow the draws and estimate the final jackpot first before purchasing the tickets.
M Live reported that no jackpot winner was drawn for the Tuesday, April 1 Mega Millions draw, pulling up Tuesday's jackpot to US$30 million. As for tonight's Powerball, the jackpot is down to US$70 million after a ticket purchased in California by a man named B. Raymond Buxton won the US$425 million jackpot and took home $242M last April 1.
The winning numbers for the Mega Millions Tuesday draw were 10-23-68-74-75-9 and the Megaplier was 5. As the jackpot rises for the Mega Millions game, so are the sales of the tickets, especially as it reaches $30 million or more, according to lottery experts.
Karen Bach, Director of Budget, Products, and Communication for Arizona Lottery said that although ticket sales have undeniably increased the odds of winning remains the same. Everyone's luck will be tested in today's draw, with only the lucky winning six numbers eligible to take home the jackpot prize of US$30 million. Tickets are sold in 42 states including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands for only $1, so it won't be surprising if we will be having a winner or a group of winners after tonight's Mega Millions draw.
In order to play and win the Mega Millions jackpot prize of of $30 million on April 4, 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 prize is 1 in over 259 million, while the odds of winning any prize at all is 1 in 14.7. On the other hand, there are also second-place prizes for tickets with five winning numbers. The second place prize is $1 million.
The Mega Millions winning numbers are drawn every Tuesday and Friday at around 10:45 p.m. EST. 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 are delivered in two options: 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 $35 million mark by the time the next drawing rolls around on Tuesday, April 7.
For Mega Millions players, you can check out today's Mega Millions winning numbers draw through this free live stream link. You can also catch the direct results for tonight's Mega Millions draw through this link here.
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