Mega Millions Numbers & Results May 30, 2014: Live Stream of Drawing Time; Jackpot is Now $26 Million
If you're feeling lucky and are a Mega Millions ticket holder, then get ready for the Friday, May 30 lottery jackpot drawing, which has risen to $26 million.
The jackpot winner will have a choice of how they would like to be paid. They could choose the "Cash Option" and receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $14 million, or they can choose the "Annual Payout" option, which provides annual payments over a 26-year period, according to the Mega Millions' website.
The overall odds of winning any prize are about 1 in 15, but the odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 259 million.
Mega Millions drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday after the draw entry closes at 10:45 p.m. EST. Tickets are sold in 43 states as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which makes a total of 45 jurisdictions. The winning numbers are drawn at WSB-TV in Atlanta.
The Mega Millions winning numbers from the Tuesday, May 27 drawing were 1, 6, 10, 46 and 58, and the Mega Ball number was 13. No one won the $20 million jackpot, but there were two lucky winners for the $1 million second prize and 23 winners of the Match 4 + 1, who each walked away with $5,000. Each $5,000 lottery winner matched four out of five white Mega Millions winning numbers and the gold Mega Ball number. To purchase a ticket, head over to the Mega Millions Where to Play page.
There are nine ways to win the Mega jackpots, which start at $15 million. Plus, it only costs $1 to get in the game. According to the website, Mega Millions is the biggest jackpot game in the country.
You can watch a live stream of the lottery drawings at 11 p.m. EDT below:
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