People Are Going Crazy For Mega Millions
The super popular Mega Millions lottery is the second most popular lottery game in the United States. Only Powerball is more popular. Both sell enough tickets to produce huge jackpots above $15 million. Although it is number $2 in popularity its jackpots have reached $300 million plus.
History of Mega Millions lottery
Mega Millions used to be called The Big Game when it first started selling tickets. The first ticket was sold in August, 1996, and in May 2002 The Big Game changed its name to The Big Mega Millions. On May 17, 2002, the first Mega Millions drawing was held. California was the 12th participating state to join the Mega Millions.
With many states pooling the jackpot, and because the jackpots roll over, they get huge. Jackpots have varied from $7 to $390 million, but they are mostly over $15 now. $390 million is Mega Millions largest jackpot to date. Several people have won huge jackpots, and will continue to do so.
Can you win playing Mega Millions?
First you have to know how to play. To play the game you choose six numbers, one of which is a gold ball, the bonus ball. If you match all five numbers plus the golden ball number, you win the jackpot. There are two drums with plastic balls inside of them. One spits out the golden ball number, and the other spits out five white balls, so you don’t have to only match six numbers, but your five white ball numbers have to match the five white ball numbers, and your golden ball number has to match the golden ball number.
And because there are 56 white balls and 46 golden balls, your chances are 1 in 176 million of winning the jackpot. Although you have better odds writing the next best seller, many people do win the jackpot. It happens on a regular bases, so you can win.
Finding a strategy for Mega Millions
Even if you don’t trust the different strategies out there like the wheeling strategy, there are some facts to keep in mind before choosing your numbers. To find strategies and test them out, search for Mega Millions strategies on Google. The first fact is that the probably of two even numbers or two odd numbers being drawn in a row is less likely than drawing an odd number and an even number. The odds of the machine plopping out six odd numbers is very unlikely and it rarely happens. So you do not want to choose all odd or all even numbers but a mix of them. The same is true for high numbers and low numbers. All of either of them being drawn is unlikely, so choose some high and some low numbers. Finally, it is also true that all 20’s most likely will never be drawn. The reason is every time a 20 number is drawn, let’s say 21, then there is one less 20 available. Each time a 20 number is drawn there the odds of another being drawn lower. This means you should never choose more than two of the same number type, such as 22, 25, 26.
Don’t keep changing your numbers each week. You have better odds of winning if you continue to play the intelligently picked numbers each week. Have fun playing Mega Millions lottery.
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