SACRAMENTO – Californians now have a chance at an even bigger MEGA Millions jackpot tonight. Due to overwhelming sales, the MEGA Millions jackpot for tonight’s draw has been raised to $206 million! Saturday night’s SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot is at $80 million.
Players of either game may purchase tickets for the current jackpots until 7:45 p.m. on the evening of the draw; MEGA Millions on Friday and SuperLOTTO Plus on Saturday. Tickets for all Lottery games are available at the Lottery’s over 19,000 retail locations statewide.
As the jackpots rise, the California Lottery would like to remind players that gambling should be fun. If you think that you or someone you care about might have a gambling problem, call the California Problem Gambling Help Line at 1-800-GAMBLER.
The California State Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $19 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $52 billion. Retailers win too, earning $3.3 billion in compensation since 1985.