Mega Millions lottery tickets are $5 each starting with the April 8 drawing. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The price of Mega Millions tickets more than doubled from $2 to $5 last week as a new version of the game rolled out.
Why it matters: Americans are paying big money — $113 billion on lottery products in the 2024 fiscal year — for the chance to win a life-changing jackpot.
State of play: The price change comes along with other tweaks, including the removal of one gold Mega Ball from the game.
That slightly increases the oddsof winning, Mega Millions said, and there will be bigger and more frequent jackpots and faster-growing prizes.
Drawings are held in Atlanta at 8pm PT on Tuesdays and Fridays and posted on the Mega Millions YouTube page
👋🏼 Clarridge here: I love daydreaming about hitting the jackpot, even though I know I'll never win. It's so soothing to think about paying everything off and heading out to see the world, that I'm usually asleep in no time.
