After no grand prize winner from the Friday, Oct. 31 drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, Nov. 4 is up to $800 million with a cash value of $371.7 million. That makes it the ninth largest jackpot in the game’s history.
Ready to try your luck with Mega Millions? Here’s everything you need to know.
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The winning numbers from Friday, Oct. 31 drawing were 2-24-52-66-68 and the Mega Ball was 9.
There was no grand prize winner so the jackpot rose to $800 million with a cash value of $371.7 million.
The next drawing will be on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 11 p.m. ET.
Mega Millions drawings are held twice a week, every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
In Delaware, tickets may be purchased until 9:45 p.m. ET on the day of the drawing.
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, you can purchase tickets until 9:59 p.m.
When purchasing a Mega Millions ticket, you can select six numbers. The first five will be chosen from a range of 1 to 70 for the white balls, and the last number will be chosen from 1 to 24 for the coveted golden Mega Ball. For those who may find it daunting to pick their own numbers, the option to select Easy Pick or Quick Pick is available, which will randomly generate the numbers for your ticket.
The Powerball costs $5 per play.
In Pennsylvania, you can buy tickets online: www.pailottery.com/games/draw-games/.
Tickets can be bought online as well in New Jersey: njlotto.com.
The overall odds to win any prize is 1:23, while the odds to win the jackpot is 1:290,472,336.
Mega Millions retired its Megaplier feature but now has a built-in multiplier for every play that “automatically improves every non-jackpot win by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X – up to $10 million for matching the five white balls,” according to the lottery.