Becoming a winner in the MegaMillions Lottery is an aspiration of every lottery player. Considering the size of the jackpot, it could be enough to offer a secure future for the family. But, there is a prerequisite to winning the lottery and that is playing the lottery. Before you venture into the game, you must understand how the game has to be played and what options are available to you as a player.
Firstly, you should be aware that the game itself is available only to the residents of the USA. As a player from India, you can choose to play the game online and win the same prizes as the native players. To play the game online, you will first need to register with an online portal offering the service.
How to Play?
You need to visit the game page where you can see the mega millions lottery tickets on display. Each of these tickets has numbers labelled from 1 to 70. You need to choose any 5 numbers from these. You can choose the numbers manually or randomly through the ‘quick pick’ option. At the bottom of the ticket, you need to select another number from 1 to 25. With the randomised selection, this number also gets selected automatically.
Cost
The cost of each ticket is INR 300. You have the option of adding a megaplier for an additional INR 80. If you are confident of winning and want to double the jackpot, you can do so for double the cost. As an alternative, you can secure your selection against duplication by choosing the number rakshak for half of the ticket price.
Once the ticket is selected and payment submitted, you need to wait for the draw to take place on Wednesday or Saturday.
How to Win
Compare the numbers drawn to those selected on your ticket. If you are able to match the 5+1 on your ticket to the 5+1 on the numbers drawn, you are the jackpot winner. You can also win with other combinations such as 5, 4+1, 4, 3+1, 3, 2+1, 1+1 and +1 (just the Mega Ball).
To be able to win these prizes, you have to be very lucky as the chance of winning the jackpot is one in several million. There are many ways to improve the odds of winning. Some of the ways are:
Select the Numbers Using a Strategy
Players often select their lucky numbers on their tickets. Some might choose the numbers based on their gut feel, while others prefer to research the draws. In the latter case, people decide their numbers based on their frequency of being drawn in a certain number of games. There are others who follow patterns for their number choices such as odd-even, high-low and other similar sets.
Play More Tickets
Though an expensive option, it improves your chances of winning a jackpot. A more reasonable option for this is to play as a member of a syndicate, where everyone wins in the proportion of their contribution to the cost.
Selection of numbers may or may not improve your chances of winning but more lottery tickets in a draw certainly stand a better chance and many syndicates are known to have won the lottery in the past.
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