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Coin Toss — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:21:03 GMT

<br />In other words there will be a whole lot more people hitting the bottom matrix number and a whole lot more drawings between jackpot payouts. <br

Original Blog Entry: Mega Millions Changes To Increase Number of Winners

PERDUE — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 19:23:41 GMT

Mega Millions Changes To

Increase Number of Winners

http://m.nbcchicago.com/nbcchicago/pm_107717/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=dubcre08

The Mega Millions game is undergoing

big changes in October.

Lottery officials say the game matrix is

being revised to increase the number of

prize winners among those who

purchase the $1 tickets.

The minimum jackpot for Mega Millions

is going from $12 million to $15 million,

and will grow by at least $5 million after

each drawing if nobody matches the

numbers.

Mega Millions drawings will still consist

of five white balls and one gold ball for a

total of six winning numbers.

Under the new system, the number of

white balls will increase from 56 to 75,

and the number of gold balls will

decrease from 46 to 15. The changes

mean the new overall odds of winning a

prize are one in 15.

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