By next Tuesday, April 8, Mega Millions tickets will cost $5. And it doesn’t stop at ticket prices, there are a few other “mega” changes coming to the lottery game, like better odds of ...

Ticket price increase. The cost per Mega Millions ticket jumps to $5. Prior to the new game, tickets were $2 each with a $1 add-on Megaplier option.

Mega Millions’ hope is that by increasing ticket revenue and rejiggering the odds — now set at 1 in 302.6 million — to something less stratospheric, more people will win jackpots even as ...

Mega Millions ticket prices will increase for the first time since 2017, from $2 to $5, starting Tuesday, April 8. Starting jackpots will increase to $50 million, with faster growth anticipated to ...

Mega Millions and its lottery compatriot Powerball are sold in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball also is sold in Puerto Rico.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The price of a Mega Millions ticket will more than double next year as part of an overhaul of the lottery game. Starting in April 2025, tickets will increase from $2 to $5 ...

Mega Millions tickets will climb to $5, but officials promise bigger prizes and better odds. Along with the high price, ... beginning in April, up from the current $2 per ticket.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot won on a single ticket was for $1.58 billion for Aug. 8, 2023, drawing. Final sales pushed the grand prize to $1.602 billion. The winning ticket was sold at a ...

Mega Millions will introduce changes at a time when fewer people are buying tickets and jackpots need to reach ever-higher figures before sporadic players notice and opt to buy a ticket or two.

Mega Millions’ hope is that by increasing ticket revenue and rejiggering the odds — now set at 1 in 302.6 million — to something less stratospheric, more people will win jackpots even as ...