NEW YORK – Do you like buying the lottery? You must take this into account.

The New York Lottery announced on Monday that starting April 4, ticket purchases Mega Millions for a draw that takes place on the same day, they must be made before 10:00 p.m. Currently, Mega Millions tickets for the same-day draw can be purchased until 10:45 p.m.

Remember that the raffles of Mega Millionns take place on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 p.m.

The new draw closing time will give the New York Lottery more time to complete closing procedures for each lottery draw. Mega Millions. The change is strictly operational and will have no effect for those wishing to play Mega Millions.

Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play. Players choose six numbers from two separate number pools: five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25 for Mega Ball, or select Quick selection so that the numbers are chosen at random. To win the jackpot, a player must match all six winning numbers.

Players can also use the function Megafolder for $1 more per game. He Megafolder multiplies non-jackpot prizes up to five times. Another feature of Mega Millions call “Just the jackpot“provides players with two tickets Quick selection who are only eligible to win the jackpot for just $3.

Mega Millions of New York generated $294,562,279 in total sales in fiscal year 2021-2022. School districts in New York received $119,222,978 in lottery education assistance funds from Mega Millions sales during the same period.

The mega rush took on incredible proportions earlier this year when the jackpot was $1.35 billion. Only one winner from Maine has claimed this award. It was the second biggest in Mega history and the fourth time the game had made a billion dollar profit.

The biggest Mega Millions jackpot came in October 2018 and was $1.53 billion, claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina. The game is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands.

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