So you could spend a lot of money on tickets and still almost undoubtedly not hit the jackpot. If buying one ticket gives you a 1 in 302,575,350 of winning the jackpot, spending $10 for five tickets improves your chances to only 5 in 303 million. And the odds are so long that it’s certainly not worth spending money you’ll miss for more tickets, experts warn.
Your odds of winning are only slightly improved by buying more than one ticket.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. The highest Mega Millions jackpot, won in 2018, was more than $1.5 billion.
