To play Mega Millions online you need to either pick yourself or allow a Quickpick computer programme to pick for you five different numbers from 1 to 56 (white balls) and one number from 1 to 46 (golden ball). Gold- coloured Mega Ball is drawn from a separate machine, so it can be a duplicate of one of the white ball numbers. The Mega Ball number cannot cross over to be used for matching a white ball number, or vice versa.
Your general chances to get any Mega Millions winning are 1 in 40. After Powerball has changed its rules on the 4th of January 2009, your chances to win Mega Millions jackpot are better than in Powerball, namely 1:176 million to 1:195 million. Information on other payouts and odds for the Mega Millions Lottery is summarised in the table below.
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Match Normal balls
(pool of 56) and Mega ball
(pool of 46)
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Prize
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Odds
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 + 
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Grand Prize
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1 in 175,711,536
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$250,000
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1 in 3,904,701
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+
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$10,000
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1 in 689,065
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$150
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1 in 15,313
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+
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$150
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1 in 13,781
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$7
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1 in 306
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+
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$10
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1 in 844
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+
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$3
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1 in 141
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$2
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1 in 75
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