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.

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.

It will soon cost more to play the Mega Millions lottery game. Starting in April, Mega Millions tickets will cost players five-dollars each. Other changes to the game include a prize multiplier being built-in and randomly generated on every ticket sold.

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

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,