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BOISE, Idaho – Nationwide changes to the popular game Mega Millions are coming this weekend for Lottery players. Beginning tomorrow, April 5, 2025, Mega Millions will debut new features that include bigger prizes and a unique game play format. The price for each of the new tickets is $5.

As Mega Millions has experienced nationwide success, and billion-dollar jackpots become more common, there has been a growing request from players to share more of the prize money among more players. The new version of Mega Millions will do just that. The game will also provide additional benefits for Idaho public schools and buildings.

Each $5 ticket, or line of play, will include a randomly assigned an individual multiplier number: 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, or 10X. Non-jackpot winning prizes will begin at a minimum of $10 or double the price to play; with the chance to win up to as much as $10 million for tickets that match all five of the first numbers, but not the Mega Ball.

The Idaho Lottery was created to benefit Idaho public schools and buildings. Approximately 35% of each ticket purchased by players will go directly to Idaho’s beneficiaries. Last year, Mega Millions alone contributed approximately $9.8 million, or about 11.7% of the Lottery’s record $84 million dividend.

Unless someone wins tonight’s $43 million jackpot, the jackpot from the current game will become the starting jackpot for the new game and continue to grow until someone wins it.

Players who have a winning ticket that was issued for a draw prior to the game change will still have 180 days to claim their prize from the date of the draw. Prizes won before the game change will be paid using the current prize matrix. All prizes won for the Tuesday, April 8, 2025, draw and after will be paid using the new prize matrix.

Idaho has sold Mega Millions since 2010. During that time, Idaho has recorded one jackpot winner on Mega Millions. Sixteen winners have won at least $250,000 each from playing Mega Millions. The game created eight instant millionaires in Idaho.

Draws for Mega Millions will still occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 9 pm Mountain Time. The first draw of the new game will be on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

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The Idaho Lottery responsibly provides a variety of entertaining games featuring Powerball, Mega Millions, Scratch Games^TM, and PullTabs with a high degree of integrity to maximize the dividend for Idaho public schools and the permanent building fund. Since their inception in 1989, the Idaho Lottery has sold over $5.8 billion in products, awarded more than $3.7 billion in prizes to players, returned $342 million in retail commissions, and distributed $1.273 billion in Lottery dividends to Idaho public schools and buildings. To learn more, please visit www.idaholottery.com.