The Mega Millions jackpot is now at $785 million for today, Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023. You might want to get your hands on a $2 ticket while you still have time. The Mega Millions lottery drawing takes place at 11 p.m. Eastern time (10 p.m. Central time) every Tuesday and Friday night.
If you want to know what time you have to buy your tickets, here we inform you
- Alabama: Mega Millions is not played here.
- Alaska: Mega Millions is not sold here.
- Arizona: Cut-off time is 6:59 p.m. Arizona time from the second Sunday of March through the first Saturday in November. It's 7:59 p.m. Arizona time from the first Sunday in November through the second Sunday in March.
- Arkansas: Draw sales end at 9:45 p.m. Central Tuesday and Friday.
- California: Drawings typically close at 7:45 p.m. Pacific.
- Colorado: No ticket sales Tuesday and Friday between 7:30 and 7:33 p.m., Monday and Wednesday and Thursday between midnight and 4:30 a.m., and Sunday between midnight and 8 a.m.
- Connecticut: On draw night, ticket sales close at 10 p.m. and reopen at 11:15 p.m.
- Delaware: Tickets on sale up to 9:45 p.m. on drawing days.
- Florida: Sales end at 10 p.m. on drawing days, to allow adequate time for all 46 member lotteries to transmit their data. Sales are closed from 10-10:05 p.m. Eastern on drawing dates.
- Georgia: Closing time is typically 10:45 p.m. Eastern. Contact your retailer for details.
- Hawaii: Mega Millions is not sold here.
- Idaho: Drawing time is 9 p.m. MT on Tuesdays and Fridays
- Illinois: Cutoff time is 9:45 p.m.
- Indiana: Sales on drawing dates cut off at 10:44 p.m. Eastern.
- Iowa: Cut off time is 8:59 p.m. on draw days.
- Kansas: Players have until 8:59 p.m. on draw days to get tickets.
- Kentucky: The cut-off time is typically 10:45 p.m. Eastern.
- Louisiana: Purchase your ticket by 9 p.m.
- Maine: Cut-off time is 9:50 p.m. Eastern on the day of the drawing.
- Maryland: Cut-off time is 15 minutes prior to the drawing at 10:45 p.m.
- Massachusetts: Cut-off time is 10:45 p.m.
- Michigan: Cut-off time is 10:45 p.m the day of the drawing in retail stores and online.
- Minnesota: Cut-off time is 9 p.m. on the day of the drawing.
- Mississippi: Mega Millions is now played in Mississippi too. Contact your local retailer for cutoff times.
- Missouri: No ticket sales are made Tuesdays and Fridays between 8:59 p.m. and 10 p.m, and daily between 2 and 5 a.m.
- Montana: Drawings close at 8 p.m. local time, an hour before the drawing.
- Nebraska: Cutoff time is typically an hour before the drawing.
- Nevada: Mega Millions is not played in this state.
- New Hampshire: Cut-off time is 9:50 p.m.
- New Jersey: Cut-off time is 10:45 p.m. Eastern.
- New Mexico: Cut-off is 8:45 p.m. Mountain Time on draw days, and sales resume at 8:55 p.m.
- New York: Ticket sales stop at 10:45 p.m. on draw nights.
- North Carolina: Draw times end at 10:45 p.m on the day of the drawing.
- North Dakota: You must purchase your ticket before 8:58 p.m. Central on the day of the drawing.
- Ohio: Cut-off time is 10:45 p.m. on draw days.
- Oklahoma: Purchase tickets until 8:59 p.m. Central on the evening of the drawing.
- Oregon: Cut-off time is Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. Pacific.
- Pennsylvania: Cut-off time is 9:59 p.m. local time the day of a drawing.
- Rhode Island: Cut-off time is typically 9:50 p.m. on drawing nights. Call your local retailer to confirm.
- South Carolina: Ticket sales stop at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
- South Dakota: Buy tickets until 9 p.m. Central/8 p.m. MT on the nights of the drawings.
- Tennessee: Draw breaks begin at 9:45 p.m. Central (10:45 p.m. Eastern.) (Some places it's 9:59 p.m.)
- Texas: Ticket sales are not available during a draw break from 9:45-10:15 p.m. Central, and drawings are broadcast at 10:12 p.m.
- Utah: Mega Millions is not played here.
- Vermont: Cut-off time is 9:50 p.m.
- Virginia: Tickets stop selling at 10:45 p.m. on draw nights.
- Washington: Ticket sales cut-off Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:45 p.m. and resume at 7:46 p.m.
- Washington D.C.: Buy tickets until 10:45 p.m. Eastern on draw nights.
- West Virginia: Cut-off time is typically 9:45 p.m. Eastern. Find your retailer here and call for details.
- Wisconsin: Cut-off time is 9 p.m. on draw days.
- Wyoming: Draw breaks begin at 8 p.m. MT on the night of the drawing.
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