Mega Millions ticket prices will increase by 150% by next year as the game undergoes a "mega overhaul," lottery officials said.

Tickets will cost $5 per play starting in April — just one of multiple changes unveiled Monday, Oct. 7, as part of a “’mega’ overhaul” of the current game matrix, according to the Mega Millions Consortium. It’s the first price adjustment since 2017 when the price per play jumped from $1 to $2.

Although the billion-dollar jackpot winner still has time to claim, the Mega Millions has seen jackpot prizes go unclaimed before.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing to $129 million.

Mega Millions is preparing for a massive overhaul impacting nearly every part of the game: the odds, the jackpots, game play, the payouts, and how much you’ll be paying fo the ticket. “We are creating a game that both our existing players and people new to Mega Millions will love and get excited about playing,

Several major changes to the Mega Millions game are taking effect next year, but the biggest difference players will see will be the cost per play going from $2 to $5.