Mega Millions rolls out changes
Mega Millions tickets now cost $5 each, instead of $2 each, and the starting jackpot has been raised to $50 million.
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Mega Millions tickets now cost $5 each, instead of $2 each, and the starting jackpot has been raised to $50 million.
Mega Millions has rolled out several changes, including new ticket prices, jackpots and an increase in the odds of winning.
Mega Millions fever has taken hold in South Florida as locals vie for a shot at the lottery's fifth-largest jackpot in history.
Mega Millions fever has taken hold in South Florida as locals vie for a shot at the lottery's fifth-largest jackpot in history.
CBS News Miami's Nikiya Carrero reports on Mega Millions fever across South Florida.
The Mega Millions jackpot winner could either take the cash payout of $549.7 million or the $1.22 billion annuity paid out over 30 years.
With no jackpot winners from the Christmas Eve drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.15 billion.
No Mega Millions player won the $1 billion Christmas Eve jackpot, so the grand prize for Friday night's drawing will be an estimated $1.15 billion.
The sole winner of a $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot has begun the process of collecting the prize, the New Jersey Lottery said Monday.
Thirteen Mega Million jackpots have been won during December since the game began in 2002.
According to Mega Millions, 13 jackpots have been won during December since the game began in 2002.
No one hit it big in Tuesday's drawing, so the Mega Millions jackpot has increased to an estimated $825 million for Friday's drawing.
It's the 10th largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
The Florida Lottery said Mega Millions has created 149 millionaires in Florida, including five jackpot winners.
Mega Millions said the jackpot was last won in Illinois on June 4 with a ticket valued at $552 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 303 million.
Only two Mega Millions jackpots have been won so far this year.
Tuesday's winning numbers were 12-41-43-52-55 and the Mega Ball was 9.
The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night.
The cash option is more than $330 million.
If the winner opts for a cash prize, they will take home $336.1 million.
Tuesday's winning numbers are 6, 18, 21, 54, 65 and the Mega Ball is 5.
The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing are 16, 18, 21, 54, 65 and the Mega Ball is 5.
It's the 9th largest prize in the history of the game.
It's the 13th largest prize in the history of the game.
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