While an automatic 24% is withheld upfront, you would almost certainly owe a total of 37% when you file your 2024 tax return.

Whether you bought a ticket yourself or got some as a stocking stuffer, could that $1.15 billion Mega Millions jackpot have your name on it? The odds may be against you − like 1 in 302.6 million − but that doesn't mean you can't prepare.

There hasn’t been a drawing with a grand prize winner since Sept. 10 when a ticket worth $810 million was sold in Texas, the 14th-largest jackpot in U.S. history. Ticket sales end at 7:45 p.m., and the drawing will be conducted at 8 p.