Drawing takes place Friday (7/29) at 10:00 p.m. CDT by: Dustin Lattimer Posted: Jul 29, 2022 / 05:34 AM CDT Updated: Jul 29, 2022 / 05:34 AM CDT KSNF/KODE — Purchasing a $2 dollar Mega
Millions lottery ticket could change your life in a billion different ways; that is, if you win the current jackpot. The jackpot currently stands at $1,000,500,000 (that’s one billion, five hundred thousand dollars). If luck is on your side, all that cash, minus taxes, could be yours if you happen to pick all six winning numbers, which just happens to be a one-in-three-hundred-billion chance (1-in-300,000,000,000). Mega Millions tickets can be purchased in 45
states, including Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. You can purchase a Mega Millions ticket until the cut-off time of 9:45 p.m. central, on the night of the drawing (7/29). The drawing for the billion dollar jackpot takes place
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This is the third time in history the Mega Millions jackpot has topped one billion dollars.
Drawing takes place Friday (7/29) at 10:00 p.m. CDT by: Dustin Lattimer Posted: Jul 29, 2022 / 07:57 AM CDT Updated: Jul 29, 2022 / 07:59 AM CDT KSNF/KODE — Purchasing a $2 dollar Mega
Millions lottery ticket could change your life in a billion different ways; that is, if you win the current jackpot. The jackpot currently stands at $1,000,500,000 (that’s one billion, five hundred thousand dollars). You can purchase a Mega Millions ticket until the cut-off time of 9:45 p.m. central, on the night of the drawing (7/29).
If luck is on your side, all that cash, minus taxes, could be yours if you happen to pick all six winning numbers, which just happens to be a one-in-three-hundred-billion chance (1-in-300,000,000,000).
Mega Millions tickets can be purchased in 45 states, including Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
The drawing for the billion dollar jackpot takes place Friday, July 29 at 10:00 p.m.
This is the third time in history the Mega Millions jackpot has topped one billion dollars.
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There is a cut-off time to buy Mega Millions tickets before the next drawing. Here's what you need to know.MegaMillions.com
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- Katherine Rodriguez | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $1.02 billion, the fourth largest jackpot in U.S. multistate lottery history.
The jackpot reached into the billions after no one matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s drawing.
However, there is a cut-off time to buy Mega Millions tickets before the next drawing. Here’s what you need to know to participate in Friday’s historic jackpot.
When is the last time to buy Mega Millions tickets?
You can buy Mega Millions tickets up to 15 minutes before each scheduled drawing.
So, in this case on Friday, July 29, 2022, the last time to buy a Mega Millions ticket would be at 10:45 p.m. ET.
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