Mega Millions is the incredibly popular mega jackpot lottery that is played by millions twice a week. Mega Millions drawings take place twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 PM. A recent agreement between the Mega Millions lottery consortium and the Multi-State Lottery Association has allowed tickets for both lotteries to be sold in 38 lottery jurisdictions. By the end of May 2010 Maine, North Dakota and Colorado will join the ranks of states offering Powerball and mega Millions. Many players find the Mega Millions drawing hour of 11:00 PM too late due to job obligations but players have a wide variety of options to check Mega Millions results.

Players can check Mega Millions results at the official Mega Millions website or at one of the many lottery websites online. Checking Mega Millions results online is probably one of the safest options and winners can keep their big wins confidential. In addition mobile technology allows players to check Mega Millions results on cell phones and other mobile devices. Many lottery experts say that in the near future Mega Millions and other lotteries will offer online lottery tickets and most players say they would welcome the move. The sale of online tickets could eliminate the need to keep track of paper tickets which can get lost or destroyed. Online lottery tickets could eliminate several kinds of lottery fraud and offer more security for players. For additional security players should always sign their Mega Millions tickets.

Players can also check Mega Millions results on television, in local newspapers and the latest Mega Millions results are usually posted at all lottery retailers. Ohio offers Mega Millions players a unique option called the 'kicker.' For another $1 dollar per ticket players select six numbers between 0 and 9. If the player matches all six digits in exact order the prize is a cool $100,000. Unfortunately this option is only available to Ohio Mega Millions players.

Not checking Mega Millions results has been very costly for a couple of mega Millions players. In 2002 a jackpot in excess of $60 million dollars went unclaimed and in 2003 a jackpot over $40 million was not claimed. In addition dozens of Mega Millions tickets worth more than $100,000 have not been redeemed. As can be seen not checking Mega Millions results can be very expensive indeed. Since checking Mega Millions results is so easy with so many options there is no excuse for a jackpot to remain unclaimed.