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Mega Millions to get MEGA enhancements in April 2025

Bigger jackpots, better odds, built-in multiplier to increase prizes at every level just a few of the benefits of new game coming next spring.

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Washington, D.C. – Mega Millions, the lottery game that has produced a record six jackpot wins exceeding $1 billion, is getting ready for a “mega” overhaul with plans to be bigger and better than ever when the new and improved game launches in April 2025. Among the enhancements, players will benefit from:

  • Improved odds to win the jackpot
  • Bigger jackpots more frequently
  • Larger starting jackpots
  • Faster growing jackpots
  • A built-in multiplier on every play, automatically improving every non-jackpot win by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X – up to $10 million for matching the five white balls
  • No breakeven prizes, meaning when a player wins, they’ll always win more than the cost of the ticket

"This is a winning opportunity for both our players and the District," said Eugene Vlasenko, Interim Executive Director of the DC Lottery. "We expect bigger jackpots more frequently, and there are no breakeven prizes, meaning when a player wins, they’ll always win more than the ticket cost."

When the new and improved game launches next April, tickets will cost $5 per play. This is only the game’s second price adjustment since the first ticket was sold more than 20 years ago and the first change since the current game matrix was adopted in 2017.

Since Mega Millions launched in 2002, it has produced six winners of billion-dollar jackpots. Since the last change in 2017 more than 1,200 players have become millionaires, an average of 3 millionaires per week.

Mega Millions is a national game with tickets sold in Washington, D.C., 45 states, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia. Lottery profits support a wide variety of good causes and are allocated differently in each jurisdiction.

Mega Millions is available at all DC Lottery retail locations, on the DC iLottery platform, and on the DC Lottery app.

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Since its inception in 1982, the DC Lottery has awarded more than $4.6 billion in prizes, transferred more than $2.3 billion to the District’s General Fund, which supports essential services in the District, and has helped local nonprofits raise more than $137.3 million in support of social causes. For more information, visit dclottery.com.