Do you play the lottery? How about the Mega Millions game? If not, maybe this will give you a reason to take a chance now and then. Officials have announced that starting tomorrow, April 4th, the minimum jackpot value will more than double to $50 million! Minimum non-jackpot prizes will jump in value from between $2 and $1 million to between $10 and $20 million. Every winning ticket will payout at least double the price.
Mega Millions says the new rules improve the odds of players winning the jackpot — from 1 in 302,575,350 to 1 in 290,472,336, due to the removal of one gold mega ball from the game. The new format will have 24 rather than 25 mega balls. A little bit better odds I guess, but, you still have a better chance of getting struck by lightning twice, or winning an olympic medal, and being killed by a meteor hitting your house, or going to the moon as an astronaut. But hey, why not. As one guy said:
