For years, the only way to see the Mega Millions drawing as it happened was to sit down and watch the numbers being drawn on television. Participants in the game had to schedule their time around the twice weekly, eleven p.m. Eastern Standard Time, in order to catch the excitement of watching the winning numbers shoot up through a plastic tube. Today, there are several options to participate in the Mega Millions drawing live.

For the better part of a decade the Internet has provided a second outlet to watch the live drawing. Through the Mega Millions website, www.megamillions.com, viewers can catch a live stream of the numbers being drawn. This creates a convenient alternative to watching the winning numbers being drawn. Now, participants in the Mega Millions game can view the results in real time, wherever they can log into the Internet.

In more recent years, the officials that oversee the Mega Millions drawing have turned to the popular interface of social media to expand the interest in the popular game. Through the popular interfaces of Facebook and Twitter, lottery officials can now provide real time updates to anyone that follows them on Twitter or who have become fans of theirs via Facebook. Along with the results of the drawings, Facebook fans of the Mega Millions lottery go to www.facebook.com/pages/mega-millions and can use the vehicle to chat with their friends, as well as other followers, about the anticipated jackpot totals. Another way to receive up to the minute updates regarding jackpot totals, as well as receive the winning numbers instantaneously, participants in the twice-weekly games can visit www.twitter.com/megamillions and start following the game on Twitter. With more ways than ever to catch the results of the Mega Millions drawing live, there has been a marked increase in the number of participants for each of the twice-weekly games.