Players can participate to the Mega Millions on TheLotter. This 100% safe and secure service of lottery couriers allows players to participate from Australia or anywhere in the world.
Where can you buy Mega Millions tickets?
Players who live in Australia have two options when it comes to buying Mega Millions tickets:
- travel to the States and personally buy their Mega Millions tickets. However, when doing so, they should remain in the United States until the draw takes place or leave their tickets in a safe place. If they want to play regularly, this may not be the best option for them.
- buy Mega Millions tickets online. They should make sure to choose a safe & secure platform of lottery couriers such as TheLotter.
How to buy Mega Millions tickets online on TheLotter?
Here are the few steps to follow when buying Mega Millions tickets online. On TheLotter, players will participate in a game called MegaLuck. Each MegaLuck entry will then be matched by a Mega Millions ticket. It will only take a couple of minutes to participate in one of the biggest lotteries in the world!
- Choosing the main numbers
Mega Millions is played by choosing 5 main numbers, from a range between 1 and 70 (in any order). Players can:
🔴 Select them manually: This is the simplest way to play!
🔴 Use the Quick Pick: With this option, the computer is generating random options for players.
🔴 Use “My Lucky Numbers”: players who you have an account on TheLotter can register their favorite numbers and reuse them whenever they want. - Choosing the Mega Ball number (from 1 to 24)
In addition to the 5 main numbers, players will need to select a complementary number, called the Mega Ball, from a range between 1 and 24. - Choosing Entry Type
Once players have chosen the numbers they want to use, they will have to think whether they want to play a single standard ticket or more:
🔴 Multi Draws: players can enter a certain number of draws (5, 10, 25 or 52 consecutive draws). TheLotter will get entries to each draw, with the numbers players selected in advance.
🔴 Subscriptions: players can subscribe and enter ALL the coming draws until they decide to stop the subscription. - Creating an account
Once this process will be completed, playes will have to create a TheLotter account if they don’t already have one. - Completing the purchase
Finally, completing the participating process by adding a payment method. There are a couple of options available.
Why buy Mega Millions tickets online?
Not only can players participate from Australia or anywhere in the world, but buying Mega Millions tickets online also allows players to benefit from a wide range of interesting features, including multiple game options.
Below, find out what buying Mega Millions tickets online on TheLotter can bring:
- Easy and quick process: the process is quick and easy as it requires only a few clicks (starting with the creation of an account for the players that don’t already have one)
- Free winning notifications: players can receive free notifications of the Mega Millions results or they can choose to set up a minimum jackpot amount that interests them to let them know when to play.
- More play features: buying their tickets online also allows players to enjoy more game features & options such as syndicates.
- Access to a wide variety of lotteries: TheLotter offers a wide variety of lotteries from all around the world.
Play formats when buying Mega Millions tickets online
Mega Millions players online benefit from more advanced play formats. Discover which are these and what every option brings players right here:
- Standard game: players will have to choose 6 main numbers to enter the game! They will have to choose how many lines to play at once as well (3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20 or 25).
- Multi Draws: this option allows players to purchase entries for the coming 5, 10, 25 or 52 draws.
- Subscriptions: subscribing is quite similar to Multi-Draws except that it allows players to enter ALL coming draws, until the players decide to unsuscribe. It also brings every 7th ticket FREE of charge.
- Systematic Forms: Ever dreamt of entering the game with all the possible combinations of your 6 to 14 favorite numbers?! Systematic forms offer just that!
- Syndicates: Mega Millions syndicates are probably one of the best advantages of participating online – on some platforms players can join an already existing syndicate with the number of shares of their choice.
FAQs on buying Mega Millions tickets
Any player of legal age (over 18) can participate in the US Mega Millions, regardless of place of residence and / or nationality. However, an American lottery ticket must not leave the United States in order to remain valid. That’s why playing online remains the best option for players outside the US.
Yes! Mega Millions counts many winners who got their jackpots thanks to the Quick Pick option. At the end of the day, it remains a matter of choice. The Quick Pick option is there to help players to pick random numbers.
No, the numbers on the Mega Millions ticket do not need to be in any specific order to win. As long as you have the winning main numbers and / or the Mega Ball on your ticket, you win a Mega Millions prize. However, it should be noted that the Mega Ball cannot replace one of the main numbers and vice versa, as the balls are drawn from different drums.
Players who win Mega Millions get the choice of collecting their winnings in one go (the lump sum payment) or collecting them in annual installments over 29 years (annuity). But, this is a matter of personal choice.
However, you should know that the amount you pocket differs slightly depending on the option you choose: for the lump sum payment, the taxes are applied immediately, while for the annual payment, the taxes are recalculated every year.
In the end, it all depends on what you plan to do with the money.
Yes, players who choose to play online on TheLotter have two options that allow them to participate to more than one draw:
– Multi-Draws – to enter 5, 10, 25 or 52 consecutive draws
– Subscriptions – to enter all coming draws until the player decides to unsuscribe (whenever they want).