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How to Play
MEGA MILLIONS is easy to play. Ask your New Jersey Lottery Retailer for a MEGA MILLIONS bet slip. Each board you play on a MEGA MILLIONS bet slip costs $1.00. Up to five boards can be played on a bet slip.
To play a board, you must select five numbers from 1 to 56 in the upper shaded board box and select one (1) Gold Mega Ball number from 1 to 46 in the lower white board box. Or you have the option to select the Quick Pick (QP) box, and the Green Machine will randomly pick your numbers for you.
You can even play the same numbers for up to eight consecutive drawings by marking the appropriate box under “Multidraw” on your bet slip. The play must include the current draw and not skip draws in between.
Check your bet slip carefully to make sure you have correctly marked the numbers you want before presenting it to the agent. Once a ticket has been printed, it cannot be cancelled. ALL SALES ARE FINAL.
The MEGA MILLIONS member states are New Jersey, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Virginia, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington State and California.
For more information, see the complete rules.
Odds and Prizes
Odds of winning jackpot are 1 : 175,711,536. Overall odds of winning are approximately 1 : 40.
*Subject to published rules of MEGA MILLIONS and the New Jersey Lottery, the fixed prize amounts indicated here may be pari-mutuel.
**The JACKPOT prize will be divided equally among multiple winners. The prize is paid in 26 annual installments unless Cash Option is selected.
Check to See If You've Won
Watch it! MEGA MILLIONS drawings are held live every Tuesday and Friday evening at 11:00 PM on NJN, the New Jersey Network (TV channels 23, 50, 52, and 58, or check your local television or cable listings). You can also:
- Watch the Drawing Videocast
- Mega Millions Winning Numbers Search
- Join the New Jersey Lottery VIP Club for our FREE daily Winning Numbers email service.
- Call our NJ Lottery Results Line at 1-900-443-4444 for current and recent winning numbers results. The cost of the call is only 99¢ per minute. Current Lottery results are available after 8:30 PM.
- Check your daily newspaper or see any New Jersey Lottery Retailer for winning results.
- Write us! Winning numbers and payout information are also available by writing to:
NJ Lottery
PO Box 041
Trenton, NJ 08625-0041
Attn.: Customer Service
How to Claim Your Prize
When you win, sign the back of your ticket immediately. Then take it to any New Jersey Lottery Retailer for validation. New Jersey Lottery winners can claim a prize worth $599.50 or less at any New Jersey Lottery Retailer and be paid cash at the time of the claim. A winner claiming a prize over $599.50 can do so at their New Jersey Lottery Retailer or at Lottery Headquarters. However, they must fill out a claim form, and the winnings will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service. It takes approximately three weeks to receive a check from the New Jersey Lottery. Top-prize Mega Millions winners must contact Lottery Headquarters in Lawrenceville and present their ticket in person. Proper identification for tax purposes must be presented at the time of the claim.
Guidelines For Participating in Office Pools.
Federal Tax Requirements for Lottery Prizes
The Energy Policy Act of 1992, section 1942, requires the New Jersey Lottery to withhold a minimum 25% of all prize payments to any Lottery winner who has won more than $5,000 on any Lottery wager. At the end of the year, the winner will receive a W2-G form to properly credit the withholding as a tax payment on their federal income tax form.
New Jersey residents who win a New Jersey Lottery prize are not required to pay any New Jersey state income tax on their winnings. Winners who do not possess a social security number are subject to a 30% federal income tax deduction on any prize over $599.50.
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