If all your numbers match those that are drawn, you win the jackpot, which starts at an amount set. Multi Draws will include the next upcoming draw and be consecutive from that draw. Five numbered balls are drawn from 1 to 70 and one numbered ball is drawn from 1 to 25. Draw sales end at 9:59 pm ET on the day of a drawing. Drawings are held at 11:00 pm ET every Tuesday and Friday. There's also the cash option, a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool. Mega Millions® is a multi-state jackpot game. Each payment is 5% bigger than the previous. You can take annuity, in which you're paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments. In July 2022, a winning ticket sold in Illinois for $1.337 billion. In 2018, one winning ticket in South Carolina sold for a $1.537 billion grand prize, which was the world's largest lottery prize ever won on a single ticket. You win if the numbers on one row of your ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date. Five white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70 one gold Mega Ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25. You can also buy tickets online at What was the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever? Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 pm ET. It allows Ohio consumers to enter draw games on their phones and get notified and paid electronically if they win. In Kentucky, residents can also purchase tickets online at In Ohio, residents can use Lottery Card available in Kroger, Buehler’s Fresh Foods and Giant Eagle stores. The Mega Millions jackpot continues to soar after there was no winner in Friday night’s drawing. In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m.