How to Play Mega Millions from Ohio
If you want to enter Mega Millions you can visit an authorized Ohio lottery retailer or just play online by going to our Tickets page.
In order to play Mega Millions, you need to choose five numbers from 1 to 70 and a Mega Ball between 1 and 25.
You can also ask your lottery retailer for an “Auto Pick” ticket in case you don’t know which numbers to choose. When playing online, you can use its alternative, our Mega Millions random number generator.
The price of a Mega Millions ticket is $2 per play. You can also add the Megaplier option for an extra $1.
Multi-Draw Option
The same set of numbers can be entered in more than one drawing. The Ohio Lottery allows its participants to play up to 10 consecutive drawings.
Megaplier Option
With the Megaplier option, you can increase your non-jackpot prize by 2X, 3X, 4X or 5X times. To add it to your Mega Millions ticket, you need to pay an extra $1.
So how is the Megaplier number chosen? It is drawn before the main draw from a pool of 15 balls. They are distributed as follows:
- Five Balls - 2X
- Six Balls - 3X
- Three Balls - 4X
- One Balls - 5X
How does it work? For example, if you win a $10,000 base prize on Mega Millions and the Megaplier number is 4, the total win is $40,000. Of course, your winning ticket must have the Megaplier feature checked.
Megaplier prizes range from $4 to up to $5 million.
How to Win
You need to match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball to win the jackpot, but there eight other ways to win. Prizes start from matching just the Mega Ball on its own. Go to the Odds and Prizes page to see all the payouts.
When to check the results?
The Mega Millions winning numbers are published shortly after the draws take place on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 11:00 PM ET. You can check them out on our Numbers page which we regularly update.