A winner won $118,816 jackpot from the California Daily Derby drawing Thursday night

One lucky ticket matched Grand Prize in the Thursday drawing and won the $118,816 jackpot. The winning numbers from Thursday, August 21st, 2025 night's drawing were 1st:12-Lucky Charms, 2nd:3-Hot Shot, 3rd:1-Gold Rush, Race Time: 1:45:48. The next CA Daily Derby grand prize is estimated at $51,000 for Friday night, August 22nd, 2025.

California Daily Derby drawings occur everyday at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time. To play California Daily Derby, go to any CA lottery retailer. Pick up a play slip, pick three of your favorite horses from 12 racing horses - each finishes 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Then select a race time from 1:40:00 to 1:49:99. By playing California Daily Derby, you have at least two opportunities to win with every ticket. Players can win with horses, win with Race Time or match the Trifecta and win the top prize. The odds of matching both Trifecta and Race Time of California Daily Derby are 1 in 1.3 million.

With seven ways to win, there were California Daily Derby 5,652 winning tickets sold across California in the Thursday, August 21st, 2025 drawing. Find below the California Daily Derby prize payout highlights for the Thursday night's drawing:

• 1 lucky winner(s) matched Grand Prize and won the $118,816 jackpot
• No one matched Exacta / RT. In the past 1 year, winning tickets of this prize level in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won from $38 to $116, with an average of $76 payout.
• 7 winners matched Win / RT and won $47 each. In the past 1 year, winning tickets of this prize level in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won from $22 to $96, with an average of $55 prize payout.
• 32 winners matched Race Time and won $44 each. In the past year, tickets hit Race Time in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won at least $19 to max $93. The average prize payout of this prize level was $52.
• 23 ticket(s) matched Trifecta and won $539 each. In the past 12 months, tickets hit Trifecta in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $137 to $989, with an average of $510 prize payout.
• 32 winners matched Exacta and won $26 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched Exacta in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $16 to $33, with an average of $23 payout.
• 2,554 winners matched Win and won $3 each. In the past 12 months, winning tickets of this prize level in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $2 to $3, with an average of $3 prize payout.

Thu Aug 21, 2025 California Daily Derby Payout
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
Grand Prize	$118,816	1
Exacta / RT	$70	0
Win / RT	$47	7
Race Time	Free Play	32
Trifecta	$539	23
Exacta	$26	209
Win	$3	2,554

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