I vote they just call it 12 million instead of megamillions for clarity.
The funny thing is sales won't cover this starting pot for long. I'm wondering how long it takes before something changes. I'm sure that state lotteries must discuss these things. I also can't imagine state lotteries being fond of loosing money.
Only two changes are possible at this point. It's either the first lottery brave enough to charge $2/ticket like in Canada or change the matrix yet again. They could even cut one white ball and one Megaball out so the odds get reduced to 1:156 million to make the price change easier to take.
Looking at the Mega playslip and it's already pretty tight. They would have to add a white ball for an effective change. That would take it to 1:192 million. Adding a Mega ball only would raise it to 1:179 million and wouldn't fix anything.
So that leaves four choices.
1. Do nothing and it's a hard to win game with low jackpots often below state lottery jackpots.
2. Change the matrix to make the game harder to win.
3. Change the price and keep the game the same.
4. Change the price and change the odds a little to make it easier to win.
My personal vote is with 4 and they should at least cut one Megaball.