Mega Millions says that it’s putting a new rule into play next month that jacks the minimum jackpot from a paltry $20 million to $50 million, meaning jackpots “are expected to grow faster and get to higher dollar amounts more frequently in the new game.”
Non-jackpot prizes go from between $2 and $1 million to between $10 and $10 million.
You’re going to have to pay more to play. Tickets that are currently $2 will now be $5, but they’ll now include a random multiplier of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10. Currently players can spend an extra buck for the “Megaplier.”
The last, and only, time ticket prices went up—from $1 to the current $2—was 2017.
Read more about the changes coming to Mega Millions from USA Today.
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