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Mega Millions Jackpot Rises to $740 Million for Friday Draw
Sept. 5, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Mega Millions® jackpot rises to $740 million for the Sept. 6 drawing.
At $740 million, this Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to the game’s seventh-highest of all time and the second-highest of the year.
The Mega Millions jackpot has been claimed twice in 2024, first at $1.128 billion in March and again at $552 million in June.
Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 p.m. CST. Five balls numbered 1 to 70 and one ball numbered 1 to 25 are drawn. A Mega Millions player must match all six numbers drawn to win the jackpot.
Ticket cost $2 per play, and ticket sales cut off at 9:45 p.m. the night of the drawing. Players can purchase the Megaplier® option for an additional $1 to multiply non-jackpot winnings by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times.
Mega Millions tickets can be purchased in person at licensed Arkansas lottery retailers or online. For more information about purchasing lottery tickets online, visit the Where to Play page on the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery website.
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About the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) creates winning people, winning futures, and winning moments. Since 2009, the ASL has sold over $7.5 billion and returned more than $1.4 billion for scholarships to benefit Arkansas students. More than 770,000 college scholarships distributed by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education have been awarded to Arkansans. The lottery has awarded more than $5 billion in prizes to players, more than $424 million in retailer commissions, and provided more than $178 million in state and federal tax revenue.
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