Friday marks the last drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot before its "mega" overhaul, including increased ticket prices and a built-in multiplier.

The price of a Mega Millions ticket is going up from $2 to $5 beginning April 5, the second increase in the lottery’s 28-year history since its debut as The Big Game in 1996.

The cost to play Mega Millions goes up after Friday night’s game — and it has nothing to do with tariffs. Operators of the popular lottery game announced six months ago that beginning in

The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois last Tuesday, who took home a $344 million jackpot. The winner marks the first time since Jan. 18 that someone has hit the Mega Millions jackpot.

“To make up for it,” his father bought him a gift in North Hollywood the next day: a $30 Crossword Xtreme Scratchers ticket, California lottery officials said in an April 4 news release. “Here, here’s your gift for Christmas,” Herrejon told lottery officials his father said upon handing him the ticket.

California Lottery players will soon experience an upgraded version of Mega Millions, promising larger jackpots, improved odds, and enhanced non-jackpot prizes. The changes include automatic multipliers for all non-jackpot prizes, a $50 million starting ...

A ticket purchased in California matched 5 for a $1 million prize. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday, March 21 were 15-22-31-52-57 and the Mega Ball was 2. Megaplier was 3x. Those numbers mean yet another rollover.

Mega Millions announced it will debut a new version of its national lottery game after the final drawing of its current jackpot scheduled on April 4. The new version of its game, which is played ...