Let’s talk about US Powerball’s younger cousin and rival – Mega Millions. Those two are very, very similar – one may even call them twins nowadays. Mega Millions has been around for a considerably smaller amount of time – its journey began in 2002.

For some time the rule was that none of the states that participate in Powerball may offer you Mega Millions at the same time. It changed in 2009 and since then the geographical coverage of both lotteries has been the same in the USA. Mega Millions however is easily accessible in UK as well, which is a huge advantage over Powerball – at least for European lotto enthusiasts.

Content, coverage or other words – what games can you find here?

US Pow…. I mean Mega Millions is what we call double matrix lottery. Truth be told the rules are almost exact the same as those of US Powerball.

One chooses 5 numbers from the range of 1 to 70 plus another one – the gold Mega Ball – from numbers between 1 to 25. Sounds familiar?

In most of the states players are provided with possibility to purchase Megaplier for 1$. This doesn’t increase your chances but it increases the prizes times 2;3;4 or 5 depending on what number you get. Megaplier applies to all prizes but the one and only jackpot.

Mega Millions – Is it trustworthy?

Yes. Although the odds of hitting the jackpot are terribly small, this is not a scam. Everything is fair and out in the open. You can play Mega Millions directly if you are in the USA or UK – there are no other restrictions apart from particular state/countries’ age limits.

You have to remember though about the prize withdrawal procedure in the USA and quite significant taxation. Withdrawing entire jackpot at once means that you won’t receive the actual 100% worth of the biggest prize. The only way the get the whole prize is through annuity divided to 1 immediate payout and 29 annual payouts.

Mega Millions – Recommended agents to play this lottery

https://www.lottoland.com/en – one doesn’t exactly play the Mega Millions, but bet on it instead.

https://www.wintrillions.com/ – our personal favourite – simply amazing.

https://www.thelotter.com/ – they charge a lot, but they are highly professional and extremely multilingual.

Odds and prize pools – what are your chances of winning and how much can you get?

When it comes to jackpot – terrible, though they do not hide it – stats are placed on the official Mega Millions website.

On the other hand, the middle tier prizes are significantly bigger than those in Powerball, so there is some silver lining.

Configuration Odds Typical prizes

5 + MB 1 in 302,575,350 Jackpot

5 1 in 12,607,306 $1 million

4 + MB 1 in 931,001 $10,000

4 1 in 38,792 $500

3 + MB 1 in 14,547 $200

3 1 in 606 $10

2 + MB 1 in 693 $10

1 + MB 1 in 89 $4

0 + PB 1 in 37 $2

Mega Millions – Support

They have really great and highly informative main website with amazing FAQ section. You may email them if you have general questions. If you want to ask more specific ones, you are provided with contact info of particular state lotto providers.

Mega Millions – To sum up | TL;DR

Almost exactly the same as Powerball.

Megaplier is a really cool option to increase lower tier winnings for just 1$.

Decent middle tier prizes.

Great main Mega Millions website.

Mega Millions set a record for the highest prize won on a single ticket – $1.537 Billion.