{"id":184609,"date":"2024-10-08T21:05:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=184609"},"modified":"2024-10-08T21:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:05:51","slug":"big-changes-coming-to-mega-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/big-changes-coming-to-mega-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Big changes coming to Mega Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mega Millions is getting ready for what\u2019s being called a \u201cmega\u201d overhaul with plans to be bigger and better than ever next spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the new game launches next April, players will notice several differences, with the biggest one being tickets costing $5 per play, instead of $2 each. Lottery officials said it\u2019s the game\u2019s 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. Other changes noted by Mega Millions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mega-Millions-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184611\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improved odds to win the jackpot<\/li><li>Bigger jackpots more frequently<\/li><li>Larger starting jackpots<\/li><li>Faster growing jackpots<\/li><li>A built-in multiplier on every play, automatically improving every non-jackpot win by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X \u2013 up to $10 million for matching the five white balls.<\/li><li>No break even prizes, meaning when a player wins, they\u2019ll always win more than the cost of the ticket.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are creating a game that both our existing players and people new to Mega Millions will love and get excited about playing,\u201d said Joshua Johnston, Lead Director of the Mega Millions Consortium. \u201cWe expect more billion-dollar jackpots than ever before, meaning creating more billionaires and many more millionaires as the jackpots climb, plus this game will continue the important legacy of supporting great causes everywhere Mega Millions is played.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>Since Mega Millions launched in 2002, it has produced six winners of $1 billion or more jackpots. Since the last change in 2017 more than 1,200 players have become millionaires, an average of 3 millionaires per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mega Millions is a national game with tickets sold in 45 states, including Ohio, along with Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information Mega Millions is getting ready for what\u2019s being called a \u201cmega\u201d overhaul with plans to be bigger and better than ever next spring. When the new game launches next April, players will notice several differences, with the biggest one being tickets costing $5 per play, instead of $2 each. 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