# Title 10 — Attorney General

## Article 10-16 — Multi-State Lottery

## Chapter 10-16-08 — MEGA MILLIONS Game

### § 10-16-08-01. Game description.

To play MEGA MILLIONS®, a player selects five different white numbers, between one and
seventy, and one additional gold number (Mega Ball®) between one and twenty-four. The additional
number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected. The price of a play is five dollars.
With a purchase, each play must be randomly assigned a multiplier that must be used to increase
potential winnings of nongrand prize wins by two, three, four, five, or ten times over the base prize
amount. Multipliers do not apply to the grand prize. A grand prize is paid, at the election of a winning
player or by a default election made according to these rules, either on an annuitized pari-mutuel basis
or as a cash lump sum payment of the total cash held for the prize pool on a pari-mutuel basis. A set
prize (cash prize of ten million dollars or less) is paid on a single-payment cash basis. Draws are held
every Tuesday and Friday.
History: Effective January 31, 2010; amended effective October 19, 2013; October 28, 2017; April 5,
2025.
General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-13
### § 10-16-08-02. Expected prize pool percentages and odds.

The grand prize will be determined and announced by the game group. The grand prize is paid on
a pari-mutuel basis. Except as provided by rule, a set prize must be paid according to these matches
per play and prize amounts with these expected prize payout percentages:
Prize Pool
Range of Percentage
Matches Per Play Base Prize Prize Win** Allocated to Prizes Game Odds***
5 white + 1 gold Grand prize* Grand prize* 55.26% 1:290,472,336
5 white + 0 gold $1,000,000 $2,000,000 to 9.50% 1: 12,629,232
$10,000,000
4 white + 1 gold $10,000 $20,000 to 1.34% 1:893,761
$100,000
4 white + 0 gold $500 $1,000 to $5,000 1.54% 1:38,859
3 white + 1 gold $200 $400 to $2,000 1.72% 1:13,965
3 white + 0 gold $10 $20 to $100 1.98% 1:607
2 white + 1 gold $10 $20 to $100 1.80% 1:665
1 white + 1 gold $7 $14 to $70 9.79% 1:86
0 white + 1 gold $5 $10 to $50 17.06% 1:35
Overall odds of winning a prize on a five dollar play are 1:23.07.

* The grand prize is pari-mutuel and will be divided equally by the number of plays winning the
grand prize.
** The range of prize wins is determined by the randomly assigned multiplier applied to each
play.
*** Reflects the odds of winning and probable distribution of winning tickets in and among each
prize tier, based on the total number of possible combinations.
History: Effective January 31, 2010; amended effective October 19, 2013; October 28, 2017; April 8,
2020; April 5, 2025.
General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-13
### § 10-16-08-03. Prize pool and payment.

1. The prize pool for all prize categories must consist of up to fifty-five percent of each draw
period's sales after the prize reserve account is funded.
2. The prize money allocated to the grand prize pool must be divided equally by the number of
plays that win the grand prize. If the grand prize is not won in a draw, subject to any
restrictions by the game group, the prize money allocated for the grand prize must roll over
and be added to the grand prize pool for the next draw.
3. If there are multiple grand prize winning plays during a draw, each player selecting the
annuitized option prize, then a winning play's share of the annuitized grand prize must be
determined by dividing the annuitized grand prize by the number of winning plays.
4. A grand prize must be paid, at the election of the winning player made within sixty days after
the player becomes entitled to the prize, with either a per winning player annuity or cash
payment. If the payment election is not made by the player within sixty days after the player
becomes entitled to the prize, then the prize must be paid as an annuity prize. An election for
an annuity payment made by a player may be changed to a cash payment at the election of
the player until the expiration of sixty days after the player becomes entitled to the prize.
Otherwise, the payment election is final. Shares of the grand prize must be determined by
dividing the cash available in the grand prize pool equally among all winning plays of the
grand prize. A player who elects a cash payment must be paid the share in a single cash
payment. A player who elects an annuitized prize must be paid annually in thirty graduated
annual payments with the initial payment being made in cash, followed by twenty-nine
payments by the best available rate obtained through a competitive bid of qualified bidders.
Annual payments after the initial payment must be made by the lottery within seven days of
the anniversary date on which the bonds were purchased to fund the annuity.
5. The lottery may not pay a grand or set cash prize until after it receives authorization from the
MUSL. The lottery may pay the prize before it receives the funds from the MUSL.
6. The prize pool percentage allocated to set prizes must be carried forward to a subsequent
draw if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the set prizes awarded in the current draw.
History: Effective January 31, 2010; amended effective December 1, 2010; October 19, 2013.
General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-13
### § 10-16-08-04. Megaplier option.

Repealed effective April 5, 2025.

### § 10-16-08-05. Random multiplier, frequency and odds.

1. A randomly determined multiplier must be applied to all prize levels except the grand prize.
2. The multiplier must be printed directly on a ticket sold by a retailer or be applied on each Pick
& Click online play. Multipliers may repeat due to frequency and limited multiplier levels.
a. Multi-draw tickets must receive the same multiplier for a play for the duration of the draws
purchased from a retailer.
b. A series of plays in a Pick & Click iLottery play will receive the same multiplier for a play
for the duration of the draws purchased.
3. The multiplier frequency and odds are as follows:
Multiplier Frequency Odds
10X 1 32.00
5X 2 16.00
4X 4 8.00
3X 10 3.20
2X 15 2.13
Field of: 32* 3.00**
* Total of frequencies.
** Average multiplier value.
History: Effective April 5, 2025; amended effective July 29, 2025; September 28, 2025; January 1,
2026.
General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-13
