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Tri-State Megabucks

Tri-State Megabucks odds

Your chance at each prize, and the two figures that matter before any of the others.

There are 4,496,388 possible Tri-State Megabucks tickets. One wins the jackpot.

Chance of the jackpot, one ticket

1 in 4,496,388

Chance of winning anything at all

1 in 6

Odds of every prize

MatchOddsPrize
5 plus Megaball 1 in 4,496,388 Jackpot
5 1 in 899,278 $30,000
4 plus Megaball 1 in 24,980 $1,300
4 1 in 4,996 $150
3 plus Megaball 1 in 714 $25
3 1 in 143 $7
2 plus Megaball 1 in 63 $5
2 1 in 13 $2
1 plus Megaball 1 in 15 $2

One ticket every drawing, and you would expect the jackpot about once every 28,823 years.

Every ticket has the same chance. Numbers drawn last week are exactly as likely as any others. Hot and cold number picks are selling you a pattern that isn't there.

Official source: Tri-State Megabucks. Your ticket is the only thing you can claim with.