California MEGA Millions Results, Intelligent Picks, Lotto Wheels

Find below a list containing the latest 30 California(CA) MEGA Millions drawing results. The results are shown by draw date and in descending order with the latest MEGA Millions winning numbers shown first. In case you want to learn more about past results, you can look up Search Past California(CA) MEGA Millions results, and California(CA) MEGA Millions winning numbers calendar.

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#	Draw Date	Winning Numbers	Mega Ball	Megaplier
	Fri Apr 19, 2024	19 30 34 46 58	03
	Tue Apr 16, 2024	21 26 36 44 59	02
	Fri Apr 12, 2024	01 12 14 18 66	16
	Tue Apr 09, 2024	34 43 51 52 69	25
	Fri Apr 05, 2024	20 30 54 63 65	14
	Tue Apr 02, 2024	10 50 56 60 66	19
	Fri Mar 29, 2024	11 30 33 38 60	16
	Tue Mar 26, 2024	07 11 22 29 38	04
	Fri Mar 22, 2024	03 08 31 35 44	16
	Tue Mar 19, 2024	24 46 49 62 66	07
	Fri Mar 15, 2024	13 25 50 51 66	06
	Tue Mar 12, 2024	02 16 31 57 64	24
	Fri Mar 08, 2024	19 20 22 47 58	01
	Tue Mar 05, 2024	02 49 50 61 70	14
	Fri Mar 01, 2024	15 33 37 55 61	24
	Tue Feb 27, 2024	06 18 26 27 49	04
	Fri Feb 23, 2024	04 06 40 41 60	11
	Tue Feb 20, 2024	05 45 55 58 68	07
	Fri Feb 16, 2024	19 23 39 42 67	18
	Tue Feb 13, 2024	01 03 19 25 58	20
	Fri Feb 09, 2024	17 22 29 46 69	01
	Tue Feb 06, 2024	02 10 31 44 57	10
	Fri Feb 02, 2024	11 22 42 64 69	18
	Tue Jan 30, 2024	03 05 16 58 59	11
	Fri Jan 26, 2024	14 31 34 50 61	13
	Tue Jan 23, 2024	21 28 58 69 70	20
	Fri Jan 19, 2024	01 09 16 17 30	17
	Tue Jan 16, 2024	02 10 42 49 54	13
	Fri Jan 12, 2024	19 34 35 45 67	07
	Tue Jan 09, 2024	12 15 32 33 53	24

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The Mega Millions jackpot is on the move again. The grand prize for the Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 drawing goes to $202,000,000 with the cash value of $$91.3 million. The winning numbers from Friday, April 19th, 2024 drawing were 19-30-34-46-58 with Mega Ball number 03 and Megaplier X3.

Though the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There was only one lucky winner correctly matched all five numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) sold in FL, each won one million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.

Additional prizes won Friday evening included 9 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Friday evening included 308 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. 784 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.

With nine different ways to win, there were 1,302,312 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, April 19th, 2024 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium involving 44 state lotteries. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prizes. Around 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Approximately 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the participating states. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can select one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.

Compared with other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three jurisdictons. For example, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, California state lottery doesn't offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.

There were 93,730 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.

• 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $12,176 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $7 to $79,580, with an average of $13,544 payout.
• 56 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $489 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $300 to $796, with an average of $502 payout.
• 143 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $218 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $127 to $273, with an average of $203 payout.

To find if you are one of the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Friday, April 19th, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold.

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Can you imagine a lottery where 94% of the ticket cost is diverted back to public? That is what California Mega Millions does for all of you.

California Lottery was started in 1985 after lottery was legalised in California in the year 1984. Later California Lottery started participating in the already existing and popular lottery called Mega Millions, thereby giving birth to California Mega Million.

An unbelievable $ 12,000,000 is the jackpot prize. Just imagine what all you can do with this kind of money.

The popular lottery - Mega Millions also called MM is a lottery that is available or played across multiple states in America. The name of the Mega Millions lottery earlier was .The Big Game..

In California Mega Millions, you need to select any 6 numbers from two different groups of numbers. The 1st group of numbers is from 1 to 56 and the 2nd group of numbers is from 1 to 46. If six numbers match, you win the jackpot. In California, prizes are pari-mutuel which means the payouts depends on the quantity of tickets sold and within that, the quantity of tickets have won the games.

You can claim your California Mega Millions prize from 2 modes of payment. One is annual payment where you will be provided in 26 annual payments and the other is cash payment where full amount is paid.

The California Mega Millions draws are conducted 2 days a week on Tuesday and Friday. The draw is at 7.45 pm.

California Mega Millions can be played in 4 easy steps - Find, Pick, Buy, Play.

1. Visit your nearest California Mega Millions retailer. There are 20,000 California Mega Millions retail shops.
2. Once you convey your wish to play the California Mega Millions game, the retailer would give you a play slip.
3. You need to then pick 5 numbers you consider lucky from 2 groups of numbers. The 1st 4 numbers you need to choose is from 1 to 56 and the 5th numbers you need to choose is from 1 to 46.
4. You need to choose & mark these numbers on the California Mega Millions pay slip.
5. In case you are unable to choose the numbers on your own, use the Quick Pick facility where a computer would choose the numbers for you randomly.
6. Each California Mega Millions play slip contains 5 plays. You need to buy more pay slips to play more games.
7. There is also a feature in called Advance Play which permits you to bet on the same numbers on successive draws.
8. In case you are availing Quick Pick, you are permitted up to 10 plays on the same play slip.
9. While marking on the pay slip, see that you use only black ink or blue ink pens. Other colours are not valid. In case you made mistake, instead of erasing, use the VOID box to make your mark.
10. Once you have ensured that you have marked your California Mega Millions pay slip correctly, hand it over to the retailer along with $1.You would then be given a ticket. This ticket you receive also acts as a receipt.
    
11. Check the correctness of the ticket you have received for the date, the numbers you have placed bet on, draw details and the amount paid for the ticket.
12. Once you are convinced that the information available on the California Mega Millions ticket is correct, place your signature on the back side of the ticket.
13. It is to be noted that a California Mega Millions ticket that is once sold will not, under any circumstance, be cancelled.
14. The tickets are bar coded. You can check you winning status either by scanning your ticket at the retailer or by visiting the California Mega Millions website.

The California Mega Millions draw is usually conducted in the city of Atlanta in Georgia. It is conducted by WSB-TV.

For very large draws, the Mega Millions draw is sometimes conducted in New York City's Times Square.

The first 5 numbers are chosen using white colored balls and the 6th number is called the Mega Ball number. The 2 sets of numbers are drawn using different machines.

Unlike other states, Megaplier, a $2 game, is not offered as a part of California Mega Millions.

The chance of winning a California Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 175,711,536.

The chance of winning any prize is 1 in 40.

There are chances that there is more than one winner in a California Mega Millions draw. In such a case the prize is shared among the winners. However the number of winners, if belonging to the same group, should not be more than 100.

Suppose the winner dies before collecting the prize money, his / her heir can collect the California Mega Millions prize money. There is of course a formal procedure for the same.

The winners should claim or collect their prize within 180 days. If not collected, the prize will be awarded to the state of California and in turn fund schools and colleges.

The prizes of California Mega Millions above $599 are taxable. However there is no state/ or local tax pertaining to California.

It is mind blowing to know that the largest or biggest jackpot ever won in Mega Millions is of prize money $ 656,000,000 which is in 26 annual payments or an equivalent cash amount of $474,000,000. This was in the year 2012.

The 2nd highest jackpot (payable in 26 annual instalments) that was won was $390 million and the 3rd largest is $380 million.

You have to claim the jackpot prize within a year unlike other Mega Millions prizes which give a period of 180 days period. Thereafter you have 60 days to choose either the cash or the 26 annual payments.

In case of prizes other than jackpot, the same needs to be claimed within 180 days.

You need to be at least 18 years old if you need to play California Mega Millions.

Younger people . do not lose heart. You can win or collect the prizes on tickets that have been gifted to you.

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19 30 34 46 58 MB: 03 Fri Apr 19, 2024 Last 10 | Calendar | Search Intelli-Combos | Power Picks | Frequency Chart | Overdue Chart Win Checker | Lotto Wheels | Prize Analysis News & Payout | Skip and Hit Analysis	Next Draw: Tue Apr 23, 2024 $202,000,000  Change: +$24,000,000