What is the Megaplier option and why do I need to know?

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American lottery draws are known for their enormous jackpot offerings, especially the $656 million world lottery jackpot record holder Mega Millions. Did you know you will soon be able to win a multi-million dollar prize in this world-beating lotto draw without matching all the numbers required for the top prize? Now we have your attention! The secret is using a multiplier called the Megaplier in the NEW and improved Mega Millions 2013!

Ask any US lottery jackpot winner how they felt when they found out they had won and they will tell you that winning the top prize is the best feeling in the world! Would you complain if you won a $250,000 payout for matching all five main Mega Millions winning numbers but missed the Mega Ball? Probably not but it would certainly be nice to sweeten the windfall in some way.

What is the Megaplier option?

Put simply, the Mega Millions Megaplier multiplies secondary prizes to increase the amount of money you win. Players select the Megaplier at the time of purchase, knowing that if (or rather when) they win big they will actually win really big.

In the past, and until the Tuesday draw on October 22nd, the Megaplier has been drawn before the main draw, from a mixed selection of 21 balls marked 2, 3 or 4, weighted in favour of a quadruple multiplier coming out; there are 12 x 4s, 7 x 3s and 2 x 2s giving a greater than 50:50 chance of a 4x M [...]

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