Friday marks the last drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot before its "mega" overhaul, including increased ticket prices and a built-in multiplier.

The price of a Mega Millions ticket is going up from $2 to $5 beginning April 5, the second increase in the lottery’s 28-year history since its debut as The Big Game in 1996.

The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois last Tuesday, who took home a $344 million jackpot. The winner marks the first time since Jan. 18 that someone has hit the Mega Millions jackpot.

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The new minimum prize for a winning ticket will be $10 vs. the current $2. Game experts estimate the average jackpot will be more than $800 million compared to the current approximately $450 million.

California Lottery officials said in a news release that beginning April 8, the cost per game will be $5, and starting jackpots will reset to $50 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit March 25, when an Illinois player won the $349 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 302,575,350.

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