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Popularity of Mega Millions
Why is the Mega Millions Lottery game so popular?
The popularity of the Mega Millions Lottery game can be attributed to a simple fact: The jackpots are higher and they climb much faster! Because it is a multi-state game, the jackpots and other prizes are much higher than single state games. The Mega Millions jackpot starts at $12 million and other prizes range from $2 all the way up to $250,000. In fact, more people play Mega Millions than any other multi-state game. Because of this, the jackpots climb to higher levels at a faster rate than any other lottery game in the country!
Mega Millions Benefits You and Your State
Not only is Mega Millions an exciting and profitable game, it is also beneficial to players and their states. Fifty percent of the money wagered on Mega Millions goes back to the players as prizes. A whopping thirty-five percent of the ticket sales goes back to participating states in order to support public education, public health, college scholarships, and all other programs participating states choose to support. For example, since 1974, the Ohio Lottery has provided more than $15 billion to public education. In 2007 alone, the Virginia Lottery contributed $437.1 million to public education. The Mega Millions game helps to make these state contributions possible.
History of Mega Millions
The Big Game, now known as Mega Millions, began on August 31, 1996. In the first drawing held in September of 1996, 6 different states participated: Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Virginia. The Big Game got its new name in May of 2002 and with this new name came two new member states: the New York Lottery and the Ohio Lottery. By 2005 three more states lotteries, the Washington Lottery, the Texas Lottery and the California Lottery, joined the game and made it the country
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