Participants were divided into groups based on calcium intake â less than 600 mg a day, between 600 and 999 mg daily, from 1,000 through 1,399 mg a day, and 1,400 or more mg daily (about five 8-ounce glasses of cow's milk).
1 Each ticket costs $1. 2  Mega Millions draws are held Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m. 3  All prizes, except the jackpot, are fixed dollar amounts. 4  The jackpot total is dependent on the amount of money in the draw's prize pool.
One $2 ticket for Powerball offers players a 0.0000000034% (eight zeroes) chance of winning. A $1 Mega Millions ticket gives a player an infinitesimally better 0.0000000039% (still eight zeroes) chance at a win. For the Super Lotto Plus, a ticket provides a 0.000000024% (seven zeroes) chance of winning. For a player to have a better than even chance at winning Powerball or Mega Millions, a player would have to buy 300 tickets a week for the last 13,500 years and 12,000 years, respectively, Alexander said. Thatâs about the time of the last Ice Age, he added.