• For every Megabucks ticket sold, a percentage of that $1 is placed into a jackpot prize pool.
• The more tickets sold, the higher the cash option.
• With Megabucks, the lottery automatically funds a starting cash option of $400,000 and an annuity of $1 million.

In some cases, the Megabucks annuity jackpot may stay the same or decrease. The annuity jackpot, funded by the cash pool available to purchase government bonds, can vary if there are changes in the overall financial markets or the U.S. government's bond rating.

• The odds are calculated by taking the total number of tickets printed divided by the total number of prizes available.
• The prizes' location in the game are random. 
• A string of ten tickets may not produce a winner, but another string of ten tickets may produce several winners.

• The current Major Jackpot Level is $150,000,000.
• The Major Jackpot Level is the level above which Powerball drawings will no longer include a Power Play of 10X.

• Cash option:
  For every dollar spent on a jackpot lotto game, a certain percentage is placed immediately into a cash pool. When you win the jackpot and choose the cash option, you will get the entire amount in the cash pool, minus taxes. 
• Annuity: