Here’s the deadline to buy your winning Mega Millions ticket in Washington State

Tonight's Mega Millions Lottery jackpot payout is HUGE.

At press time, Mega Millions has 1.28 Billion dollars are up for grabs for tonight's (July 29th, 2022) drawing.

When you win (we're thinking positive for you). You'll have options:

1) One time payment - after taxes will be in the neighborhood of $747.2 million

2) You can also opt to get annual payments of 42.6666667 million U.S. dollars per year, before taxes, for 30 years. Wow.

When is the deadline to purchase your tickets in Washington State?

Mega Millions drawings are held at 8 p.m. Pacific Time every Tuesday and Friday. Ticket sales are cut-off every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:45 p.m. and resume at 8:01 p.m. (INFO from https://walottery.com)

Good luck!