One lucky player walked away with 72,000 California Fantasy 5 jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing

A lucky lottery player in California is holding a 72,000 winning jackpot ticket from the latest CA Fantasy 5 drawing. The winning numbers from Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 night's drawing were 06-08-14-22-28. The jackpot winner is encouraged to sign the ticket, place it in a safe place and contact California State lottery officials as soon as possible.

Along with the grand prize won on Wednesday, February 18th, 2026, a lot more players took home with big money. There were 132 second prize winning tickets sold Wednesday night's drawing, matching 4 of the five winning numbers. The 132 lucky winning ticket(s) would win $309 cash. In the past 12 months, the second prize payout ranged from $167 to $636 with an average payout $392.

Other prizes won Wednesday night included 4,199 tickets that matched 3 of 5 winning numbers won $12. The 4,199 lucky winning ticket(s) would win $12 cash. In the past year, the third prize paid between $9 and $18 with an average payout in the amount of $14.

With 9 different prize tiers, the Wednesday night's drawing created 45,964 winning tickets across the state of California.

The new CA Fantasy 5 jackpot is estimated at 67,000 for Thursday, February 19th, 2026.

California Fantasy 5 drawings occur everyday at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time. To play, select five numbers from a set of 39 numbers. The overall odds of winning any prizes of California Fantasy 5 is about 1 to 9. The chances of winning California Fantasy 5 grand prize are 1 in 575,757. The minimum California Fantasy 5 grand prize starts at $50,000. If no ticket wins the top prize, the top prize pool fund will be carried over to the next jackpot.

Wed Feb 18, 2026 California Fantasy 5 Payout
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
Matched 5 Of 5 Numbers	$67,986	1
Matched 4 Of 5 Numbers	$309	132
Matched 3 Of 5 Numbers	$12	4,199
Matched 2 Of 5 Numbers	Free Play	41,632

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