Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost — literally — with tickets for the multistate lottery more than doubling in price from $2 to $5.

A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold at a Publix in Florida on Friday.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number.

Lottery fever is sweeping the nation as tonight’s Mega Millions drawing boasts an eye-popping $1.15 billion jackpot.

Remember this moment because it probably won’t last: A U.S. lottery jackpot has soared above $1 billion, and that’s still a big deal.

Americans still dreaming of a really big Christmas present can keep that dream alive during Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for a jackpot worth an estimated $1.15 billion.

Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets.

Lottery players are dreaming of a massive jackpot this holiday season.

Friday night’s jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has reached an estimated $825 million.

Tuesday night’s jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has reached an estimated $740 million.

The cost of a Mega Millions lottery ticket will soon more than double, but officials said they’re confident players won’t mind paying more after changes that will lead to larger prizes and more frequent winners.

A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold at a convenience store in Florida on Tuesday.

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million.

Tuesday night’s jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has reached an estimated $681 million.

A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold at a Publix in Broward on Friday.

Friday night's jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has reached an estimated $527 million.

A winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket was sold at a Publix in Florida on Tuesday, Florida Lottery officials confirmed.

Someone in New Jersey overcame the odds Tuesday night and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, but that didn’t stop two Floridians from taking home big prizes.

Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December.

The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $865 million after yet another drawing without a big winner, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Year’s Day.

The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion.

The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will be drawn Friday night, offering sudden riches for any lucky player who matches them and almost certain disappoint for everyone else.

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night.

If you’re feeling some St. Patrick’s Day magic, you might want to buy a lottery ticket. Mega Millions and Powerball have racked up some massive jackpots after weeks of rollovers.

The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $572 million, just in time for the Holidays.

The winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot in August has come forward to claim the prize, officials said Wednesday.

A jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket worth $36 million was sold somewhere in Jacksonville, just one week after the historic $1.58 billion jackpot was won, Lottery officials confirmed this week.

Someone in northern Florida won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had stretched for nearly four months, and a $2 million winning ticket was sold at a South Florida convenience store.

A single lottery ticket sold in Florida has won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

There is no mystery why the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it the third-largest ever.

Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a jackpot winner.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.25 billion after no one beat the odds and won the massive lottery prize.

If it seems like lottery jackpots topping $1 billion are more common nowadays, it's because they are.

The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion after no one beat the tough odds and won the giant prize.

The Mega Millions lottery jackspot is approaching $1 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing.

Lottery players will have a shot at an estimated $820 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, less than a week after someone hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion.

The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after a drawing without a winner extended a stretch of bad luck dating back to April.

The Mega Millions top prize has jumped to an estimated $820 million after there was no jackpot winner in the latest drawing.

Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot now that a ticket worth more than $1 billion finally has been sold for the Powerball lottery.

Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim — even as more and more eye top prizes soaring to jaw-dropping heights.

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $720 million after no winning ticket was sold — again.

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot.

Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar to some of their largest in the history of the games.

Winning the lottery is actually a curse? It has been the case for many winners.

A Florida man won $1 million playing the Mega Millions game, and claimed his prize this week, Florida Lottery officials confirmed this week.

A 56-year-old Florida man is $4 million richer after playing the Mega Millions draw game, the Florida Lottery announced Tuesday.

The winner of a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forward to collect the prize.

The Florida Lottery announced its third Mega Millions jackpot winner Wednesday.

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.

Mega Millions players will have another chance to end months of losing and finally win a jackpot that has grown to $1.35 billion.

Thinking of lining up at the mini-mart for a shot at a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

The Mega Millions prize has grown again to an estimated $1.35 billion after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot.

After nearly three months of lottery losing, will someone finally break the trend and win a $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

An estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing has people lined up at convenience stores across the country to buy tickets.

Lottery players whose numbers didn't hit or who forgot to even buy a ticket will have another shot at a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions prize.

Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940 million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not a single grand prize winner.

An estimated $785 million Mega Millions jackpot will give lottery players a chance to start the new year with a lucrative bang.

The first Mega Millions drawing of the new year will be a big one after no one won an estimated $685 million jackpot.

Lottery players will have a chance to ring in the New Year with a $685 million bonus in their bank account as a drawing is held in the Mega Millions game.

A giant Mega Millions jackpot has grown larger to an estimated $640 million after another drawing without a winner.

Someone could win more than half a billion dollars in the Mega Millions lottery Tuesday, but that jackpot wouldn't even rank in the top 10 as the prizes have grown bigger in recent years.

The holiday shopping season — for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least — is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing has surpassed half a billion dollars.

A 69-year-old Florida man is $2 million richer after playing the Mega Millions draw game, the Florida Lottery announced this week.

A Broward County man won $1 million playing the Mega Millions game, and claimed his prize last week, Florida Lottery officials confirmed.

The Florida Lottery has announced that one of the two winning Mega Millions tickets from Friday night’s drawing was purchased in Florida.

A 61-year-old woman from Broward County is $4 million richer after playing the Mega Millions.

Five people from Florida became millionaires last week after Friday’s Mega Millions drawing, the Florida Lottery announced.

You bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket and have been dreaming of how you’ll spend $1.28 billion.

At over $1 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is among the largest lottery prizes ever up for grabs.

One of the nation’s biggest lottery prizes has grown a little bigger as the Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.1 billion.

Now that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot has topped $1 billion, plenty of people who rarely play the game are considering risking $2 or joining an office pool in hopes of an immense payoff.

Nobody won Tuesday night’s $830 million Mega Millions jackpot, but a lucky lotto player in South Florida was able to score $1 million (before taxes, of course).

A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers and won the top prize.

The chances are steadily rising that someone will win the massive $830 million Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night, but will it be you.

Is $810 million worth $2.

Lottery officials have raised the Mega Millions grand prize to $790 million, giving players a shot at the nation’s fourth largest jackpot.

Lottery officials have raised the Mega Millions grand prize to $660 million, giving players a shot at the nation’s ninth largest jackpot.

A pair of $1 million prizes from the Mega Millions game are headed down to South Florida after players from Miami-Dade and Broward counties cashed in.

A Boca Raton woman had two Mega Millions tickets that matched all five of the white ball numbers (but not the Mega Ball) from the Sept. 14 drawing, Florida Lottery announced.

Powerball is up to $472 million after going unclaimed Sunday, while Mega Millions is up to $432 million, lottery officials say.

Mega Millions lottery tickets, center, and Power Ball tickets, right, are seen with other lottery tickets at a store Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Lottery players will have a shot Friday night at the fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. history after no tickets matched all the numbers in the latest Mega Millions drawing. (AP Photo/John Raoux)(Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

In this Feb. 26, 2021, photo provided by the Michigan Lottery, attorney Kurt Panouses poses with a check on behalf of the winners of a Mega Millions lottery jackpot in Lansing, Mich. Four people in a suburban Detroit lottery club have won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot and will share $557 million after taxes. (Michigan Lottery via AP)DETROIT – A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot and will receive $557 million after taxes, officials said Friday. After taxes, the $776 million payment was reduced to about $557 million, the Michigan Lottery said. The $1.05 billion jackpot was the largest in Michigan Lottery history and the third-largest in the United States. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

MIAMI – A Miami man is a Mega Millionaire. Felipe Castell, 69, hit for a $1 million prize in the multistate Mega Millions drawing earlier this year, Florida Lottery announced this week. It was the Jan. 15 drawing when Castell’s quick pick matched all five of the numbers on the white balls. He didn’t match the Mega Ball, which would have delivered an even larger prize. MORE RECENT LOTTERY WINSMiami man wins $1 million on $20 scratch-offMiami-Dade woman wins $5 million top prize on scratch-offBroward man wins $1,000 a week for life lottery prizeAdMiami-Dade man wins $2 million in Powerball drawingLottery millionaires keep popping up in Broward County

The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)DES MOINES, Iowa – Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The winning ticket was purchased at a Kroger store in the Detroit suburb of Novi, the Michigan Lottery said. The Mega Millions top prize had been growing since Sept. 15, when a winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin. Three tickets for a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in January 2016, and one winning ticket sold for a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018.

All rights reserved)There hasn't been a winner for the $1 billion Mega Millions prize yet, but South Florida has had a few lucky lottery players recently. While we wait to find out who is going to land the $1 billion Mega Million jackpot, three South Floridians have proven to be lucky in their own right. Stephanie Wright, 52, of Miami Gardens, scored a $1 million top prize from the Bonus Triple Match scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials announced Thursday. Lottery officials also revealed that Marie Michel, 66, of Miramar, hit a $1 million top prize on the Fastest Road to $1,000,000 scratch-off. Finally, Michael Gomez, 52, of Miami, took home the $950,000 jackpot from the Jackpot Triple Play drawing held on Jan. 8.

A patron, who did not want to give his name, uses the lottery ticket vending kiosk at a Smoker Friendly store to purchase tickets for the Mega Millions lottery drawing, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Cranberry Township, Pa. The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner. It’s only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018. After a peak in October 2018, Medenica said sales of the big lottery games dropped about 50%, prompting talk among lottery officials about jackpot fatigue. It’s hard to fathom how unlikely it is to beat odds of one in 292.2 million for Powerball or one in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.

It had been more than four months since anyone won the Powerball, allowing the game's jackpot to grow so large. Just who will collect the Powerball prize may never be known: Maryland is one of the states that allows winners to remain anonymous. The Powerball jackpot came only a day after nobody won the $970 million Mega Millions prize, the third-largest prize in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. After the Powerball win, the new jackpot has a $15 million cash value.

Hardik Kalra, of Des Moines, Iowa, poses for a photo with his Mega Millions and Powerball lottery tickets. The Powerball jackpot is the fifth-largest ever, and it will come only a day after nobody won the even-larger Mega Millions prize, which now stands at $970 million. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546 million for Powerball. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

And since no one picked all the winning numbers in Mega Millions on Friday night, that’s up to a whopping $850 million. You may have won something Saturday night: Here are the Powerball numbers, so check that ticket anyway: 14-20,-39-65,-67, and a Powerball of 2. The Mega Millions prize, $850 million, is the second largest prize in game history. The odds of winning Mega Millions are 1 in 302 million and those folks that took home $1 million by matching five numbers? Winning any prize in Mega Millions, according to lottery officials, is 1 in 24.

MIAMI – Forgive us if this doesn’t get you quite as excited as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots in the news, but a Miami man has scored a $1 million top prize on a scratch-off ticket. Jaunza Kurtz, 60, hit it big on a $5 ticket in the $1,000,000 Monopoly Jackpot game, Florida Lottery officials announced. Kurtz bought the lucky ticket from Murphy USA at 17680 NW 2nd Ave. in Miami Gardens. According to Florida Lottery, scratch-offs make up about 75% of their ticket sales and generated over $1 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in fiscal year 2019-20. ALSO SEEMiami man starts 2021 with $1 million scratch-off prizeFort Lauderdale man wins $5 million top prize on scratch-off from Publix

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, a customer shows off a Mega Millions lottery ticket after purchasing it, in Orlando, Fla. The next drawing for Mega Millions is Friday night, when a $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night, when an estimated $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The drawing for an estimated $640 million Powerball jackpot will be Saturday night. Your odds of winning either jackpot is exceedingly small, at 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball and 1 in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.

A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing was only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead of the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing comes only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Mega Millions $625 million jackpot is the largest lottery prize in nearly two years. The winning numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 12-14-26-28-33, Mega Ball: 09. Nearly all jackpot winners actually take the cash option, which would be an estimated $458.8 million for Mega Millions and $411.4 million for Powerball. They're even steeper for Mega Millions, at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A digital billboard in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, shows jackpots for the Mega Millions and Powerball games. Lottery players have a chance to win the largest jackpots in nearly two years as Mega Millions has grown to $600 million and Powerball has climbed to $550 million. The projected Mega Millions grand prize is the eighth largest in U.S. history, and the Powerball jackpot is the 12th biggest. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million, and the chances are even worse for Mega Millions at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesAUSTIN, Texas - If you bought a lottery ticket in Texas, it's time to check it -- because someone out there is $227 million richer. Some mystery winner has the jackpot-winning ticket for the Mega Millions that was drawn on Tuesday, the Texas Lottery announced. This winner will take home the largest prize payout to a single Texas Lottery player in history, the commission announced. They are also the 13th Mega Millions jackpot winner since the game started in October 2016. "We look forward to meeting Texas' newest millionaire and we are excited to have another Mega Millions jackpot winner here in Texas," said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, in a statement.

One lucky winner in the Granite State hit the $168 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night. If the winner lacks the patience for annual installments over 30 years, he or she can choose the $108.5 million cash option. A whopping 612,456 other tickets won some kind of prize in Tuesday's drawing, the Mega Millions organization said. And eight tickets that didn't hit the jackpot are still worth $1 million. The lucky Mega Millions white balls were 1, 4, 23, 40 and 45, and the gold Mega Ball was 11.