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A single player walked away with $112,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing
Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2025 12:54 AM
One single winner has taken the $112,000,000 jackpot from the latest drawing of the multistate Mega Millions. The only ticket to match all the winning numbers from Friday night's drawing was sold in . The numbers from Friday night, April 18th, 2025 were 05, 13, 15, 17, 28 and the Mega Ball was 01, Megaplier was . The winner can either take a cash option worth $49.3 million before taxes, or decide to receive 30-year annuity option with annual payment about $4.31 million before taxes. The winning ticket holder is encouraged to sign the ticket, put it in a safe place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to choose the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Together with the grand prize won on Friday, April 18th, 2025, Mega Millions created a lot more happy winners walked away with huge prizes. There were a total of 13 3rd prize lucky winners. Among them, 13 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 290 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. There were 591 tickets that correctly matched three white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With nine ways to win, there were a total of 459,543 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, April 18th, 2025 drawing.
The next Mega Millions game grand prize is estimated at $50,000,000 for Tuesday night. The cash option will be $$22.4 million.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record highest jackpot of $656 million in U.S. lottery history. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
In contrast to other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in California when compared to those sold in other forty three lotteries. As an example, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar could pay the winner more than a million dollar due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, California state lottery does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 90,711 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 $11,936 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,470 to $54,869, with an average of $15,454 payout.
- 114 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $240 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $774, with an average of $464 payout.
- 242 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $126 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $275, with an average of $202 payout.
To find out if you are among the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, April 18th, 2025's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Apr 18, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $10,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $100,000 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $5,000 | 290 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $2,000 | 591 | | 3 of 5 | $100 | 13,929 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $100 | 9,303 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $70 | 63,178 | | Megaball Only | $50 | 142,467 |
| Fri Apr 18, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $11,936 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $240 | 114 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $126 | 242 | | 3 of 5 | $6 | 5,285 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 3,595 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 24,970 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 56,503 |
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