1) The cost of every ticket is $2, and you can add the Megaplier for $1, which can increase the amount of your potential prize up to five times the original prize (except for the jackpot).
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2) Each player has to opt five numbers from 1 to 70 for the white balls and one number from 1 to 25 for the Mega Ball.
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3) You can win up to $1 million for matching all five white balls (not in California) to the jackpot for matching all six balls.
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4) You can play the game in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, except in Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
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5) You can buy lottery tickets from grocery stores, gas stations and convenience. In some states, You buy Mega Millions tickets online.
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6) Buy Tickets before 10:30 on Tuesday and Friday in your respective States.
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7) In States like New Jersey, you can win a lottery anonymously. In other states, a winner's name and hometown are a matter of public record.
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8) The odds of winning the jackpot are 302,575,350-to-1.
The odds to match all five white balls are 12,607,306-to-1.