Everything you Need to Know About Mega Millions

In August 1996, Mega Millions was started and was recognised as “ The Great Game of Chance. “ In the early days, only 6 states of the US participated but as there was growth in the popularity of the game, more people joined it. Now around 77 jurisdictions or states & territories of the US are participating and only 5 states are abstaining. Also, people belonging to different countries are playing Mega Millions online by purchasing tickets online. The name of this game was changed twice, initially in 2002 to “ The Big Game Mega Millions” then to “ Mega Millions”, the name by which it is known today. Mega Millions structure was changed in October 2012 which made it harder to get the grand prize but it made it easier to get a million dollar prize. The results of the changes were larger jackpots as the initial amount of the jackpot enhanced its value by around 300%. In October 2012 also, a similar kind of restyling was done. The largest lottery prize in the US record was broken by Mega Millions on 30 March, 2012 when $656 million was drawn. After that, the record got broken by two Powerball grand prizes of $1586.4K million dollars on 13 January, 2016 and on 23 August, 2017, a jackpot prize of $758.7 million was drawn. The records for the fourth & third largest prizes is holded in the US by Mega Millions game of chance.