OVERHAUL OF THE MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY THAT COMES WITH A GAME PRICE INCREASE. NEXT YEAR. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THESE DETAILS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO TRY TO GET THEM. OKAY, SO STARTING IN APRIL, A MEGA MILLIONS TICKET WILL THEN COST YOU $5 PER PLAY. THAT’S UP FROM THE CURRENT PRICE OF $2. SO AS FOR THE GAME, HERE IS HOW IT WILL BE CHANGING THE NUMBER OF MEGA BALLS WILL BE REDUCED BY ONE, SO THAT IMPROVES THE ODDS. SINCE THERE ARE FEWER NUMBERS TO CHOOSE FROM. AS FOR THE MULTIPLIER, THERE WILL NOW BE A TEN TIMES MULTIPLIER AND THEY WILL BE RANDOMIZED AND EMBEDDED FOR EVERY PLAY. THAT MEANS YOU COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE FOR EVERY PLAY ON A SINGLE TICKET. IT ALSO MEANS THE PRICES WILL GO UP FOR EXAMPLE, JUST MATCHING THE MEGA BALL MEANS WINNING AT LEAST $10 WITH A TWO TIMES MULTIPLIER UP TO $50 WITH THE TEN TIMES MULTIPLIER. YOU GOT THAT? YEAH, SORT OF. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT PRICE INCREASE. IT IS TWO BUCKS, YOU KNOW.
$5 Mega Millions drawing date is set in April, as lottery promises bigger prizes, better odds
The new game’s average jackpot win is expected to be $800 million or more, up from $450 million.
A revamped Mega Millions game that promises a big increase in the cost of a single ticket, but also better odds of winning and bigger prizes, will kick off with its first drawing on Tuesday, April 8.The new game will cost $5 per play, up from $2. It’s the second time prices have gone up in the game since Mega Millions started more than 20 years ago. (Previous coverage in the video above.)Lottery officials said the final drawing of the current $2 game will take place on April 4. Officials expect larger starting jackpots and bigger jackpots to come more frequently under the new system. Here is more of what to know about what’s changed. Bigger Mega Millions jackpots and better oddsThe new game’s starting jackpot will be $50 million, up from $20 million. The new game’s average jackpot win is expected to be $800 million or more, up from $450 million. The new game drops the number of Mega Balls in play to 24, down from 25. That means you can now expect some better odds, along with a bigger prize, though you’re still supremely unlikely to win. The jackpot odds will become 1 in 290 million, compared to 1 in 302 million with the previous game. Bigger prizes for non-jackpot tickets A multiplier system gives players a shot at bigger prizes at all levels of the game. Under the old system, a player could pay extra for a “Megaplier” to increase non-jackpot prizes by up to 5X. That is being retired in favor of the randomized multiplier embedded with each game.If a person buys a single play on a ticket, they will have either a 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X printed next to their play to show their multiplier amount. If the player buys multiple plays on a ticket, each line will show the randomized multiplier.The range for matching all five balls will be $2 million to $10 million, up from $1 million. The minimum prize range will now be $10 to $20, up from $2. The overall odds of winning a prize will now be 1 in 23, up from 1 in 24. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.(Video below: Winner of California’s largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot revealed.)
A revamped Mega Millions game that promises a big increase in the cost of a single ticket, but also better odds of winning and bigger prizes, will kick off with its first drawing on Tuesday, April 8.
The new game will cost $5 per play, up from $2. It’s the second time prices have gone up in the game since Mega Millions started more than 20 years ago.
(Previous coverage in the video above.)
Lottery officials said the final drawing of the current $2 game will take place on April 4.
Officials expect larger starting jackpots and bigger jackpots to come more frequently under the new system.
Here is more of what to know about what’s changed.
Bigger Mega Millions jackpots and better odds
The new game’s starting jackpot will be $50 million, up from $20 million. The new game’s average jackpot win is expected to be $800 million or more, up from $450 million.
The new game drops the number of Mega Balls in play to 24, down from 25. That means you can now expect some better odds, along with a bigger prize, though you’re still supremely unlikely to win.
The jackpot odds will become 1 in 290 million, compared to 1 in 302 million with the previous game.
Bigger prizes for non-jackpot tickets
A multiplier system gives players a shot at bigger prizes at all levels of the game. Under the old system, a player could pay extra for a “Megaplier” to increase non-jackpot prizes by up to 5X. That is being retired in favor of the randomized multiplier embedded with each game.
If a person buys a single play on a ticket, they will have either a 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X printed next to their play to show their multiplier amount. If the player buys multiple plays on a ticket, each line will show the randomized multiplier.
The range for matching all five balls will be $2 million to $10 million, up from $1 million.
The minimum prize range will now be $10 to $20, up from $2.
The overall odds of winning a prize will now be 1 in 23, up from 1 in 24.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
(Video below: Winner of California’s largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot revealed.)
