A Mega Millions syndicate is where you play the lottery in a group to get better chances of winning. Sometimes it’s also called a Mega Millions pool or group.
How Does a Mega Millions Syndicate Work?
Everyone in the group pools together their money to buy tickets. This way you can buy a lot more tickets than you would on your own. Which of course means a big increase in your chances of winning the Mega Millions.
When your syndicate group wins then the prizes are shared between all of the members in the group. This can be an equal share or it can also be based on how much each person has paid in.
A popular format for a Mega Millions syndicate is everyone pays in the price of just one ticket. And the group play in every draw. The funds can be collected monthly to make things easier.
The idea is if 50 people all play in the group, with each one buying 1 ticket, then that gives you 50 times the chance of winning Mega Millions. Even with the prize shared between 50 that still means everyone gets a big prize.
Anyone can set up their own Mega Millions syndicate. So most of are office pools set up between co-workers, or just smaller family groups.
But there are also online syndicate options you can join (check these US lottery syndicates) if you don’t want to do the work to run your own group (don’t underestimate how much work this is!).