“Good luck with that…going from $2 to $5 is outrageous! I AM OUT!” said another lotto player.
“Guess I’ll be poor,” yet another frustrated user wrote.
Lottery officials say the new structure is meant to fight “jackpot fatigue,” which is when players only tune in for massive prizes.
These days, even $300 million prizes don’t move the needle like they used to.
Officials now expect the average winning jackpot to rise from $450 million to $800 million.
“When you get to a billion, people are like, ‘Whoa, that’s a whole lot of money,'” Johnston said.
Still, not all players are chasing the billion-dollar dream.
“I’d be satisfied with $1 million, and so would others,” Sandie Yeaman of Omaha, Nebraska, said.
“One person winning $50 million is ridiculous.”
Mega Millions is now the most expensive lottery draw game in the US.
By comparison, Powerball still costs $2 per play.
But some scratch tickets in Texas cost up to $100.
Internationally, Spain’s El Gordo Christmas lottery charges nearly $22 for a partial ticket, and over $200 for a full one.
Saeedith Williams of East Point, Georgia, said the price hike might make him pull back.
“Maybe I’ll buy one ticket a week now that it’s $5 a ticket,” he said.
Despite the backlash, the game still brings in major revenue for public services like education scholarships.
And for many, it’s still about spending a few dollars to dream big, even if the odds remain steep.
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