In the current game, the minimum prize on a winning ticket and cost to play are the same With higher value prizes embedded throughout every tier of the game, tickets for the new mega millions game will increase to $5 per play. Mega millions is one of america's two big jackpot games, and the only one with match 5 prizes up to $5 million (with the optional megaplier). When the new and improved game launches next april, tickets will cost $5 per play This is only the game’s second price adjustment since the first ticket was sold more than 20 years ago and the first change since the current game matrix was adopted in 2017. Mega millions® has changed only four times since the game began in may 2002, with just two ticket price adjustments
It went from $1 to $2 in october 2017, and from $2 to $5 beginning with the april 8, 2025, drawing. The florida prize on august 8, 2023, is the game’s current record jackpot at $1.602 billion Tickets are sold in 45 states, washington, d.c., and the u.s Tickets are $5 each and include a randomly assigned multiplier, multiplying the base prize levels by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x. With higher value prizes embedded throughout every tier of the game, tickets for the new mega millions game now cost $5 per play This is only the game’s second price adjustment since the first ticket was sold more than 20 years ago.
There are nine ways to win a prize, from $10 to the jackpot.
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