The new version of Mega Millions will now have 24 gold Mega Balls instead of 25 used to pick the winning numbers. By removing a gold ball, the odds of winning any prize will change from 1:24 to 1: ...

Instead of having a roughly 1 in 302.58 million chance of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot, your odds are now about 1 in 290.47 million. Nine Big Lots stores to reopen this week, more expected in May ...

Mega Millions raises ticket price to $5 02:54. Mega Millions has rolled out several changes, including new ticket prices, jackpots and an increase in the odds of winning, according to the ...

Even if you somehow beat the odds you are not going to get $810 million. Most go with the cash option and federal taxes slice 37% off that cash prize. Skip Navigation ...

For Mega Millions, jackpot winners pick five different numbers from 1 to 70 for the white balls and one number from 1 to 25 for the gold “Mega” ball. To calculate the odds, there are ...

Instead of $20 million, the jackpot will start at $50 million. Improved overall odds – Overall odds to win any prize will improve to 1:23 from 1:24 due to the removal of one gold Mega Ball from ...

Mega changes are here for the Mega Millions as the popular lottery game is raising prices and, officials say, the odds of winning.. The cost of playing the game has more than doubled from the ...

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.

Everyone’s odds of winning a prize will improve (to 1:23 from 1:24 overall and to 1:290,472,336 from 1:302,575,350 for the jackpot) and prizes will be larger, Mega Millions said.

The Mega Millions lottery game is about to change.. Starting with tickets for the 11 p.m. drawing April 8, the game will increase in cost, include the multiplier; start with a bigger jackpot; and ...

Well, there's a better chance of any of that happening to you than winning Friday's Mega Millions jackpot, now estimated to be $1.15 billion. The odds of winning are 1 in approximately 303 million ...