Starting next month, Mega Millions tickets are set to cost $5 per play, the first price increase since 2017. The increase was announced in October.

Mega Millions tickets will more than double in cost next April from $2 to $5 a pop, lottery officials announced Monday, adding that the new price tag will come with higher cash prizes.

In April, the price of a Mega Millions lottery ticket will jump from $2 to $5, a change that officials say will come with better odds, bigger wins and more money for California public schools.

Mega Millions players will have to pay $5 for a ticket — more than twice the current cost — beginning next April as part of an overhaul of the 22-year-old lottery game, Mega Millions announced ...

Though ticket prices are increasing, new Mega Millions tickets will include a built-in multiplier, which increases non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five, or 10 times.

Mega Millions ticket prices will increase from $2 to $5 starting April 8. The new Mega Millions game will feature better odds of winning any prize. Starting jackpots will increase to $50 million ...

The price of a Mega Millions lottery ticket will climb by $3 to $5 at that time, the lottery said in a Monday press release. The upcoming 150% hike — the second ever for the lottery — will ...

The Mega Millions ticket price increase will go into effect April 8, several outlets have reported. When are Mega Millions numbers drawn? Winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery game are ...

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 ...

The current odds of a $2 ticket winning the Mega Millions jackpot by matching the five regular numbers and the Mega Ball number are 302,575,350 to 1. Starting jackpots are now set at $20 million.

In April, the price of a Mega Millions lottery ticket will jump from $2 to $5, a change that officials say will come with better odds, bigger wins and more money for California public schools.

Mega Millions lottery tickets, which currently cost $2 a piece, are expected to more than double in price in 2025.. In 2022, Mega Millions lottery officials started considering a price increase ...