Have You Seen The Changes To The Mega Millions Lottery Game?

If you play the lottery in Minnesota, there have been a few changes made for the Mega Millions game that you need to be aware of.

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First, the ticket prices have gone from $2 each up to $5 each, but there’s a good reason for the increase, the payouts are going up as well.

Each starting jackpot will now be $50 million dollars which is up from the $20 million dollar starting point from before. Lottery officials say that with this change there will be bigger jackpots more often.

Since the tickets are going to cost a little more, the jackpots will not only be bigger, but they will also grow faster than before as well. Lottery officials say that there will be bigger wins at all levels of the Mega Millions game.

Even if you win the minimum amount, that payout is $10, so it’s automatically more than what you paid. At worst, you can double your investment for a single ticket.

Another nice change to the Mega Millions process, all tickets that are sold will now have a built-in multiplier. Before you had to pay extra to add the multiplier on to your ticket.

If you decide to play the Mega Millions, make sure you are grabbing a new play slip to fill out the numbers you think will hit. The slips that were used in the old format of the game will not be accepted.

One more thing, Lottery officials say your odds will be better than before, they’re now 1 in 290 million. To quote the movie Dumb and Dumber, “So you’re telling me there’s a chance”.