Price Of Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Will Soon Increase

The increase will be only the second price adjustment since the lottery game first launched in 2002.

Testing your luck playing the lottery is about to get more expensive.

The price of a Mega Millions ticket will more than double next year as part of an overhaul of the lottery game.

Starting in April, tickets will increase from $2 to $5.

The increase will be only the second price adjustment since the lottery game first launched in 2002.

Mega Millions said other changes to debut in the spring include no break-even prizes. That means when a player wins, they will always win more than the cost of the ticket.

The current odds of winning the Mega Millions Jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.