What Are the Odds of Choosing the Winning Mega Millions Numbers?
Having a winning ticket is not an easy feat. Actually, the odds of picking the correct Mega Millions numbers are approximately 1-in-175-million. In other words, there are about 175 million different combinations of numbers that you could possibly choose. That’s a lot of numbers. Luckily, there are smaller prizes that you could win that don’t have such bad odds. There are two other prize levels in Mega Millions that pay out a fairly decent amount. The second prize pays out $250,000 and you win that buy matching the all of the first five numbers. The odds of matching the first five numbers correctly are approximately 1-in-3.9-million, meaning that there are about 3,900,000 different combinations that could possibly be chosen. The third prize pays out $10,000 which is not bad either. You win that amount by matching 4-out-of-5 white balls plus the yellow ball. The odds of winning the $10,000 prize are approximately 1-in-15,000. As you can see the odds of winning Mega Millions lottery are n
