Someone has finally won the Mega Millions jackpot – on a Friday the 13th, no less. A lucky ticket sold in Maine matched the winning numbers to score lottery game's estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.
The winning numbers for Friday night's drawing were 30-43-45-46-61, Mega Ball: 14 and Megaplier was 2X.To enter Mega Millions, players pick six numbers – or choose to have the lottery machine generate a random "Easy Pick" or "Quick Pick":If your ticket matches all six of the winning numbers from the drawing, you'll win the jackpot. There are also smaller prizes depending on how many balls your numbers match.The cost to play Mega Millions is $2 a ticket.
A giant jackpot attracts a lot of players – but it's important to note that odds of taking home a Mega Millions top prize are extremely slim. Experts stress that people entering the lottery shouldn't buy more tickets than they can afford. "Imagine you write the letters to 'Mega Millions' on individual pieces of paper, mix them up, and let your cat randomly select letters. Your cat is five times more likely to correctly spell 'Mega Millions' than you are to win," Matthew Kovach, an assistant professor of economics at Virginia Tech,Kovach added that you are also more likely to be struck by lightning twice in your lifetime than win the lottery.The odds to match all five white balls are 12,607,306 to 1.$1.
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