General Rules That Apply to All Draw Games

1. It is the player’s responsibility to check his or her ticket to make sure it represents the correct game, draw date, numbers requested and has a visible bar code or serial number.
2. Winning tickets must be claimed within 180 days of the last winning draw date on the ticket.
3. Purchased tickets are only valid for the dates shown on the ticket.
4. The ticket, not the playslip, is the only valid proof of your number selection, and it is the only valid receipt to claim a prize.
5. All tickets, transactions and winners are subject to the directives of the executive director of the Missouri Lottery, the rules and regulations of the Missouri Lottery and the Missouri Statutes, and tickets are only offered for sale in accordance with the same.
6. Upon purchasing a ticket, the player agrees to abide by the Missouri Statutes and all rules and regulations of the Missouri Lottery.
7. A ticket is a bearer instrument. It is recommended that the ticket be signed at the time of purchase.
8. The Missouri Lottery is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets. Tickets are void and will not be paid if determined stolen, unissued, illegible, mutilated, altered in whole or part, misregistered, defective, incomplete, printed or produced in error, multiply-printed, or if the ticket fails any of the Missouri Lottery’s confidential validation tests. Liability for void tickets is limited to replacement of the ticket or refund of sales price.
9. Tickets may not be sold to or redeemed by minors under the age of 18.
10. The holder of a winning ticket may win in only one prize category per $1 or 50-cent play board and shall be paid the prize in the highest category won.

Mega Millions Game Rules

A player must select five numbers between 1 and 56 and then select one number (the Mega Ball) between 1 and 46. The cost for one play is $1. A player may select each set in one of three ways: by verbally communicating the numbers to the retailer, by completing a playslip or by requesting a “Quick Pick.” A Quick Pick is a computerized randomly-selected set of numbers available through the Draw Games terminal. Mega Millions is drawn twice a week – Tuesday and Friday -at approximately 9:59 p.m. The more numbers the player matches to those drawn, the more he or she wins.

How to play Mega Millions using a playslip

How to play Mega Millions verbally

At the discretion of the retailer, Mega Millions may be played by making a verbal request for a ticket. The player must provide the clerk with the following information:

Mega Millions tickets CANNOT be canceled.

Jackpot winners have 60 days from the claiming date to declare whether they would like their payments in CASH (equal to approximately 50 percent of the estimated, advertised jackpot) or ANNUITY (the advertised jackpot amount paid in 26 annual payments).

The set prize amounts are based on an expected number of winners. In some cases, these prizes may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, which will be lower than the published prize levels.

Prizes are approximately 50 percent of sales. Overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 39.89 for each $1 played.

Megaplier - General Rules

Choosing the Megaplier® feature for an extra $1 per playboard can increase non-jackpot prize winnings by 2, 3 or 4 times their normal value. To play, the "YES" box under "Megaplier" must be marked to select this feature for all playboards on the playslip. The Megaplier number will be chosen from a field of 21 numbers according to the following frequency: 12 “4s”, 7 “3s” and 2 “2s”. If the Megaplier feature is chosen, any non-jackpot prize won on a Mega Millions play will be multiplied by that drawings Megaplier number. For example, if a ticket is a $250,000 winner on Mega Millions and the Megaplier number drawn is 4, the ticket would be worth $1,000,000 ($250,000 x 4) if the Megaplier feature was selected. To win the Mega Millions Megaplier, a Mega Millions ticket must be a prize winner between $2 and $250,000, and it must be labeled, “MEGAPLIER – YES” (meaning it is a Megaplier ticket).

Selling Hours

All Draw Games are available for purchase from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. (Club Keno until 1:52 a.m.) seven days a week at any Draw Games retailer, except during Draw Breaks.

Draw Breaks

The process of selecting winning numbers for each game is referred to as a “Drawing” or “Draw.” A “Draw Break” is when sales are suspended for a particular game so that the wagers for that “Drawing” may be balanced and the winning numbers drawn. The draw breaks for each game are listed below:

How to Check Your Numbers