One single winner took $196,461 jackpot from the California Daily Derby drawing Thursday night

A single lucky person bought a California Daily Derby ticket that matched Grand Prize to clinch a $196,461 grand prize. The numbers from Thursday, January 16th, 2025 night's drawing were 1st Place: 7-Eureka, 2nd Place: 10-Solid Gold, 3rd Place: 8-Gorgeous George and Race Time 1:45:03. The next California Daily Derby grand prize is estimated at $50,000 for Friday night, January 17th, 2025.

California Daily Derby drawings occur every night at 6:30 PM 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 pick a race time from 1:40:00 to 1:49:99. By playing California Daily Derby, you have at least 2 chances to win with every ticket. Players can win with horses, win with Race Time or match the Trifecta and win the top prize. The chances of matching both Trifecta and Race Time of California Daily Derby are 1 in 1.3 million.

With seven different prize tiers, there were California Daily Derby 8,744 winning tickets sold across the state of California in the Thursday, January 16th, 2025 drawing. Find below the California Daily Derby prize payout highlights for the Thursday's drawing:

• 1 ticket(s) matched Grand Prize and won the $196,461 jackpot
• No one hit Exacta / RT. In the past 1 year, winning tickets of this prize tier in California Daily Derby drawing, won at least $56 to max $111. The average prize payout of this prize level was $76.
• 2 ticket(s) matched Win / RT and won $61 each. In the past year, tickets hit Win / RT in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won at least $37 to max $95. The average prize payout of this prize level was $55.
• 39 ticket(s) matched Race Time and won $58 each. In the past 12 months, winning tickets of this prize level in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $34 to $92, with an average of $52 payout.
• 33 ticket(s) matched Trifecta and won $523 each. In the past 12 months, tickets of this prize tier in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won a minimum of $137 to max $860. The average payout of this prize tier was $502.
• 39 ticket(s) matched Exacta and won $22 each. In the past year, winning tickets hit Exacta in California Daily Derby drawing, won from $17 to $33, with an average of $24 prize payout.
• 3,951 winners matched Win and won $3 each. In the past year, tickets hit Win in the drawing of California Daily Derby, won a minimum of $2 to max $3. The average prize payout of this prize tier was $3.

Thu Jan 16, 2025 California Daily Derby Payout
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
Grand Prize	$196,461	1
Exacta / RT	$80	0
Win / RT	$61	2
Race Time	Free Play	39
Trifecta	$523	33
Exacta	$22	346
Win	$3	3,951

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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