up from around $450 million. Every ticket has a random multiplier, and there’s one less gold Mega ball. A $10 prize in Friday night’s jackpot, for example, could be worth $20, $30, $40, $50 or $100 in ...

The first jackpot has been won in the new and improved Mega Millions lottery. One ticket sold in Ohio matched all six numbers ...

Mega Millions players will get slightly better ... than scratch tickets offered by some states. In Texas, for example, some scratch tickets cost $100 each. Outside the U.S., the El Gordo Christmas ...

Lottery officials expect that jump to increase revenue from the twice-weekly game, enabling them to improve the odds of ...

But the improvements come at a cost — literally: Players will have to shell out $5 per ticket, more than double the previous price. On the other hand, the jackpots are expected to grow much bigger — ...

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $72 million with a cash option of $34.3 million for Friday night's drawing ...

Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost — literally — with tickets for the multistate lottery jumping in price to $5.

Mega Millions tickets are rising in price to $5, but lottery officials say players will have better odds and more billion-dollar jackpots.