The price of a Mega Millions ticket is going up from $2 to $5 beginning April 5, the second increase in the lottery’s 28-year history since its debut as The Big Game in 1996.

Playing the Mega Millions lottery game will cost more starting next week. On April 5, the cost per play will change from $2 to $5. The lottery is also adding new built-in multipliers, which means there's a chance to win more money on every ticket.

Mega Millions is changing its rules. Starting April 8, it will double the size of its minimum jackpot, and says the average jackpot winner will win hundreds of millions of dollars more. The new tickets will see a price increase,

Two winning Powerball tickets were sold in Ohio, and one person in California won the Powerball jackpot. In Saturday night’s Powerball drawing, several people won big prizes, including two people in Ohio.

A winning ticket with all six numbers in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing – worth $526.5 million – was sold in Anaheim. The winner has the option of receiving the jackpot in 30 installments or a lump sum of around $243.

One lucky person just won the Powerball jackpot worth $526.5 million. The winning numbers were 7, 11, 21, 53, 61 and the Powerball of 2. California Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Anaheim.

The winning numbers in Sunday evening’s drawing of the "Georgia Cash 3 Night" game were: 4, 8, 9 (four, eight, nine)

The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, March 29, the national Powerball site said. A ticket sold in California hit the $527 million jackpot. Two tickets sold in Georgia and tickets sold in Ohio,

The winning numbers in Sunday's drawing of the "Connecticut Cash 5" game were: 7, 10, 25, 31, 32 (seven, ten, twenty-five, thirty-one, thirty-two)