Check your tickets to see if you're the lucky winner of Tuesday's $600 million jackpot. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has been rising since someone won the $344 million prize on March 25.
The winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing are available, with an estimated jackpot of $600 million and a cash option of about $277.2 million.
Players pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: five different numbers from 1 to 70 and one number from 1 to 25, or select Easy Pick. A player wins the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.
According to the game's official website, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
The jackpot winners may choose whether to receive 30 annual payments, each five percent higher than the last, or a lump-sum payment.
Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays and are offered in 45 states, Washington D.C.
Author's summary: Mega Millions jackpot reaches $600 million.