A single winner walked away with $255,852 California Daily Derby jackpot in Sunday night's drawing

A single ticket matched Grand Prize in Sunday, February 16th, 2025's CA Daily Derby drawing to win the projected $255,852 grand prize, according to California State lottery officials. The numbers drawn Sunday night, February 16th, 2025 were 1st:2-Lucky Star, 2nd:5-Texas Classic, 3rd:9-Winning Spirit, Race Time: 1:42:01. The next CA Daily Derby top prize is estimated at $51,000 for Monday night, February 17th, 2025.

California Daily Derby drawings are held daily at 6:30 PM Pacific Time. To play California Daily Derby, go to any CA lottery retailer. Pick up a playcard, pick 3 of your favorite horses from 12 racing horses - each finishes 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Then pick a race time from 1:40:00 to 1:49:99. By playing California Daily Derby, you have at least 2 opportunities to win with every play. Players can win with horses, win with Race Time or hit the Trifecta and win the grand prize. The chances of winning California Daily Derby grand prize are 1 in 1,320,000.

With 7 different ways to win, there were California Daily Derby 9,836 winning tickets sold across the state of California in the Sunday, February 16th, 2025 drawing. Below is a detailed breakdown of the California Daily Derby payout for the Sunday's drawing:

• 1 lucky ticket(s) matched Grand Prize and won the $255,852 grand prize
• No one matched Exacta / RT. In the past 1 year, winning tickets of this prize tier in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won at least $56 to max $111. The average prize payout of this prize tier was $76.
• 4 ticket(s) matched Win / RT and won $55 each. In the past year, winning tickets of this prize tier in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won from $37 to $95, with an average of $55 payout.
• 49 ticket(s) matched Race Time and won $52 each. In the past year, winning tickets matched Race Time in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won from $34 to $92, with an average of $52 prize payout.
• 44 winners matched Trifecta and won $454 each. In the past year, winning tickets matched Trifecta in California Daily Derby drawing, won a minimum of $137 to max $860. The average payout of this prize tier was $503.
• 49 ticket(s) matched Exacta and won $21 each. In the past 12 months, tickets hit Exacta in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $17 to $33, with an average of $24 payout.
• 4,415 ticket(s) matched Win and won $3 each. In the past year, winning tickets hit Win in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $2 to $3, with an average of $3 prize payout.

Sun Feb 16, 2025 California Daily Derby Payout
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
Grand Prize	$255,852	1
Exacta / RT	$73	0
Win / RT	$55	4
Race Time	Free Play	49
Trifecta	$454	44
Exacta	$21	405
Win	$3	4,415

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California Daily Derby	SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1st: 11-Money Bags 2nd: 4-Big Ben 3rd: 8-Gorgeous George Race Time:  1:47:33  Thu Feb 26, 2026 Last 10 | Calendar | Search Win Checker | Frequency Chart	Next Draw: Fri Feb 27, 2026 $145,000  Change: +$7,000