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With the new and improved Mega Millions lottery offering a guaranteed $40 million jackpot, more and more players are flocking to Mega Millions. Of course they are! With a starting jackpot that big who wouldn’t want to win it? But, take a look at the prize table and you will see that Mega Millions offers plenty of great secondary prizes. Look a little closer at the rules and you’ll see that the Mega Millions Megaplier multiplies secondary prizes by 2-5 times, including the $1 million 2nd prize! Which is why, it is always a good idea to play the Mega Millions Megaplier to multiply your prize.

What is the Megaplier?

Here’s a quick refresher; check the Megaplier option on your Mega Millions entry to multiply all secondary prizes by 2-5 times. This will add $1 to the cost of your ticket, but it could pay off if you win an additional $4 million with your Mega Millions 2nd prize. The Mega Plier will be randomly drawn with the other numbers in the draw to determine what the prize multiplier will be.

How to turn $1 million into $5 million; play the Megaplier

On 22 September 2017 Paul and Norma Fox of Cortlandt, New York guessed all five main numbers 5, 39, 54, 63, 66 in the Mega Millions draw to win the 2nd prize! Luckily, they played the Megaplier and turned the $1 million 2nd prize into an incredible $5 million! Paul recounts checking the results and realizing they had won:
“I checked online and saw that we matched five numbers. I called for Norma and told her we won $1,000,000. She was shocked,” then Paul double-checked the ticket. “I forgot I played the megaplier. I was speechless when I realized.”
For an extra $1 spent on the Mega Millions ticket, Paul and Norma Fox won an additional $4 million! Seems like a good decision to me!

Great Secondary Prizes With the Megaplier Makes for a Winning Combination!

The Mega Millions jackpot rightfully gets a lot of attention; it is the star of the show. Since the jackpot starts at $40 million this is only natural. However, as you can see Mega Millions has incredible secondary prizes that, when multiplied, can add up to serious money! No matter what the jackpot is doing, there’s always a chance to win big with Mega Millions secondary prizes! Play Mega Millions online today for your chance to win big!

Mega Millions attract lottery players from all over the world who are looking to play one of the biggest and most exciting jackpots on the planet. With so many players buying tickets for the Mega Millions there is also every style of lottery play imaginable. Syndicates are one of the most popular ways to play Mega Millions. Groups of friends, co-workers, family members, whoever, band together and purchase shares of a syndicate to play Mega Millions. Not only do Mega Millions Syndicates boost the odds of winning but they also occasionally win big!

‘Three Amigos’ Mega Millions Syndicate Won a Record Jackpot!

In March 2012 the Mega Millions jackpot reached a record breaking $656 million and lottery fever gripped the world. Three colleagues from the state of Maryland’s public education system pooled $20 each and bought 60 lottery tickets for the historic Mega Millions draw. With that, the ‘Three Amigos’ syndicate was born! When the dust settled after the draw the syndicate was $218.6 million richer! The Three Amigos won one third of the incredible jackpot, splitting it with two other winning tickets.

To date, we still do not know who the Three Amigos are. They chose to remain anonymous, Maryland law allows this option, perhaps to avoid the attention that a huge lottery win will inevitably bring. We do know that their were two women and one man in the group. The women were in their 20’s and 50’s while the man was in his 40’s at the time. They were all from Milford Mill, Maryland. The youngest syndicate member is the one who purchased the 60 tickets. When the draw took place she spread them all on the floor and checked each individually to see if one matched. Of course, one matched the winning numbers of 2, 4, 23, 38, 46 and Mega Ball 23.

Once the woman discovered that one of the tickets was a jackpot winner she immediately called the other syndicate members to tell them the incredible news. The members signed the winning ticket and put it in a safe until they could collect their prize.

The Three Amigos opted for the lump sum cash amount of $158 million for their share of the jackpot. Each member of the syndicate took home $35 million after taxes. Plans for the winnings ranged from a European backpacking trip to college tuition to buying a house for a family member.

Playing Mega Millions as part of a syndicate is a fun way to play that boosts winning odds and can potentially land you a huge jackpot. No matter how you choose to play Mega Millions the most important thing is to play. Get your Mega Millions tickets online before the next draw on Friday 17 November, 2017!

The new look Mega Millions is already causing quite a stir. Recent changes to Mega Millions have set the lottery on a path that could lead to a jackpot record. Of course, changing the rules of a lottery is very exciting for the players; it also means a great deal of legwork for the lottery operator. In the case of Mega Millions, nearly 50 states and territories had to prepare for the rules changes. Fortunately for you, it’s possible to play Mega Millions online!

Unfortunately, the Virginia Lottery was a little late in making all the necessary changes. While the rules changes for Mega Millions went into effect on 28 October, the Virginia Lottery sold tickets between 10:45 and 11:51 p.m. on Friday, 27 October for the 31 October draw that had a zero percent chance of winning. How is it possible to have a zero percent chance of winning? Well, first let’s look at the rules changes.

We all know that the starting jackpot is higher, $40 million vs. $15 million, and the 2nd prize is still a scintillating $1 million and is actually easier to win than before. Dig a little deeper into the changes and you’ll see that the guess ranges have changed as well. Players must still select five main numbers and one Mega Ball. The guess range for the main numbers has changed from 1-75 to 1-70. The range for the Mega Ball was 1- 15 and changed to 1-25.

The Virginia Lotto sold 323 tickets with a total of 628 lines that had the guess ranges from the previous rules. 182 lines included a number greater than 70, meaning that it is impossible to win the jackpot under the new format.

The Virginia Lottery is promising to honor all prizes won with the affected tickets. The lottery is also offering to offer a refund for the affected tickets as well as a new ticket on the house. Players have 180 days to collect their refund and new ticket.

Be Safe, Play Mega Millions Online!

Fortunately, you have a chance to play Mega Millions online! The next draw is Friday 10 November and the jackpot is $71 million. The only way you’ll have a 0% chance of winning is if you don’t play!

Mega Millions changes are coming, and they’re coming very soon! The changes will happen later this month and the direct result is that Mega Millions jackpots will be bigger than ever before. In fact, we may have a situation very soon when Mega Millions offers a billion dollar jackpot!

Mega Millions has always been in direct completion with its fellow American lottery, the Powerball. The main competition has been the size of the jackpots these two lotteries offer. In August 2012, Mega Millions set a world record when it awarded a $656 million jackpot to three lucky winners. And then Mega Millions almost surpassed its own record when it awarded a $648 million jackpot to two lucky winners in December 2013. It seemed like Mega Millions would be impossible to beat!

Along came Powerball, which changed its rules in October 2015. These changes made it harder to win the Powerball jackpot. Just a short time later, Powerball’s jackpot began an epic rollover series. Finally, Powerball awarded a $1.58 billion jackpot in January 2016. This is still the biggest lottery jackpot ever awarded.

Powerball almost broke its own record when a single lucky winner from Massachusetts won a $758.7 million jackpot in August 2017. Powerball can definitely claim to be the biggest, most popular lottery in the world.

But, all this may change!

Mega Millions Changes Are Coming, But What Are They?

The changes in the Mega Millions lottery start with the draw on Tuesday, October 31, 2017. That means that all tickets purchased for this draw will go according the new rules.

The first thing that players will notice is that the cost of a Mega Millions line will go up. It used to be that Powerball was more expensive. Now tickets for both of these major lotteries will cost the same.

Another similarity is the starting guaranteed jackpot. Whereas Powerball’s starting jackpot is $40 million, the starting jackpot of Mega Millions has been $15 million. Well, no more. Starting with the draw at the end of the month, Mega Millions will also offer a $40 million starting jackpot.

But that is where these similarities end. Mega Millions will change its guess range. Starting with the October 31st draw, players will select 5 main numbers from a guess range of 1-70 and an additional Megaball number from a guess range of 1-25. As a result, it will become more difficult to win the Mega Millions jackpot. And that means the jackpots will be higher than before.

There are additional Mega Millions changes, including the fact that many of the secondary prizes are being doubled! All of these changes mean that it will be more exciting than ever to play Mega Millions. Purchase your official Mega Millions lottery tickets now!

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