The cost is $2 per ticket, but you can add the Power Play for $1, which will increase the amount of your potential prize up to five times the original prize (except for the jackpot and Match 5). There is also a 10x Power Play possibility when the jackpot is less than $150 million.

The Powerball jackpot increased again after it remained unclaimed, but one lucky person won a couple million on Christmas.

Mega Millions drawings are held each Tuesday and Friday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mega Millions winning numbers, live results for Tuesday’s $1 billion lottery drawing Dec. 24, 2024, 10:45 p.m.