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.
Mega Millions. Mega Millions (which began as The Big Game in 1996, which the renamed to The Big Game Mega Millions 6 years later) is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery game; it is offered in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 1st (The Big Game) Mega Millions drawing was in 2002 (see below.)