Universe Says use the UniParse routines from UniParse.com Another change that helped fuel growth was the increase in the Mega Millions ticket price, which doubled to $2. Here’s how Mega Millions used to work: Players picked five numbers from 1 to 75 and a Mega number from 1 to 15. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 258,890,850.

Universe Says use the UniParse routines from UniParse.com Another change that helped fuel growth was the increase in the Mega Millions ticket price, which doubled to $2. Here’s how Mega Millions used to work: Players picked five numbers from 1 to 75 and a Mega number from 1 to 15. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 258,890,850.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/19/the-rules-were-changed-making-odds-of-winning-mega-millions-so-slim.html Another change that helped fuel growth was the increase in the Mega Millions ticket price, which doubled to $2. Here’s how Mega Millions used to work: Players picked five numbers from 1 to 75 and a Mega number from 1 to 15. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 258,890,850. Since Mega Millions modified the formula, players now pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and a Mega number of 1 to 25. The odds of winning the jackpot are now 1 in 302,575,350, the Post reported. The chance of winning both is at least 1 in 88 quadrillion (that’s 88 followed by 15 zeros). Thus, the total number of equally likely Mega Millions combinations is 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350. We will use this number for each of the following calculations. The number of ways the first 5 numbers on your lottery ticket can match the 5 White numbers is COMBIN(5,5) = 1. To play the Mega Millions lottery, you must pick five numbers between 1 and 70 and one additional number between 1 and 25. The additional number is known as the "Mega Ball." The first five numbers do not have to be in any particular order. A basic Mega Millions ticket costs $2.