When is the next Mega Millions drawing? How to play for the $560 million jackpot

Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Are you feeling lucky?

No ticket won the grand prize in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, so the jackpot continues to rise, now worth an estimated $560 million with a cash value of $281.1 million.

But when is the next drawing, and how do you play the multimillion dollar game? Here's everything you need to know.

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When is the next Mega Millions drawings?

Drawings take place every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. The next drawing is Friday, July 14.

Where to buy Mega Millions tickets

You can play Mega Millions in 47 localities: 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To find locations, search the Mega Millions website.

In Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, you can buy a Mega Millions ticket at gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets until 10:45 p.m. on drawing night.

In Kentucky, residents can also purchase tickets online at kylottery.com.

In Ohio, residents can use Lottery Card available in Kroger, Buehler’s Fresh Foods and Giant Eagle stores. It allows Ohio consumers to enter draw games on their phones and get notified and paid electronically if they win.

How to play Mega Millions

Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play.

There are nine total ways to win a prize, from the jackpot to $2.

Players can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: five different numbers from the white balls numbered 1-70 and one number from the gold balls numbered 1-25.

  • 5 white balls + 1 gold ball = Jackpot.

  • 5 white balls = $1 million.

  • 4 white balls + 1 gold ball = $10,000.

  • 4 white balls = $500.

  • 3 white balls + 1 gold ball = $200.

  • 3 white balls = $10.

  • 2 white balls + 1 gold ball= $10.

  • 1 white ball + 1 gold ball = $4.

  • 1 gold ball = $2.

You can either pick your lucky numbers yourself or select Easy Pick or Quick Pick and have the numbers auto-drawn. If you can't make up your mind, the Mega Millions website has a random number generator.

What is the Megaplier?

Most states offer the Megaplier feature, which increases nonjackpot prizes from two, three, four and five times.

It costs an additional $1 per play.

Before each regular Mega Millions drawing, the Megaplier is drawn. From a pool of 15 balls, five are marked with "2X," three with "4X" and one with "5X."

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Mega Millions: When is the next drawing? How to play for $560M jackpot

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