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(Trends Wide Spanish) — If you’re lucky enough to be the lucky winner of a Mega Millions prize, here’s a helpful guide for you to claim your prize, conditions that may vary from state to state and will depend on how much money you’ve won.
How to win?
Here’s a quick guide: To win Mega Millions you must buy a ticket that costs US$2 and to win the jackpot you must match the six numbers that are announced in the draw.
You can also win if you guess from one number to five more. Read more information here.
If you are a foreigner and do not live in the United States, you can play the Mega Millions as long as you buy the ticket at one of the physical points when you are visiting the country.
How to claim the Mega Millions prize
Now yes, the details of how to claim the prize if you are a winner.
The main thing you should know is that to claim a prize depends on the amount. That is, if you win a prize of between US$600 and US$999,999, you can claim it at any state lottery office or through a scheduled appointment. There is also the option to claim them by mail, depending on the state you are in.
Prizes of $1 million or more are claimed at a lottery district office, which will forward the application to lottery headquarters for processing and payment, according to the Florida Lottery.
If you win the jackpot
You have two ways to collect the lottery jackpot.
The first is an annualized payment, which provides for a payment divided into 30 installments, that is, over 30 years. With this option you will receive an initial payment and then 29 payments each year. For example, if the jackpot is US$100 million, you will receive an initial payment of US$1.5 million and each annual payment would increase by 5% more than the previous one, until completing the payments in 30 annuities.
The second is the cash payment option, which will be a single payment of the total amount of the Mega Millions prize. But this fee varies from state to state, so you need to contact your local lottery for detailed information.
In the event that you purchase a winning ticket in one state and win a prize, you must redeem it only in the state where it was purchased.
Also, if you bought the ticket with a group of friends or family, you can share it and decide how to divide it at the time of cashing it out. To do this, you should check with the lottery of the state where you bought the ticket.
