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Nobody hit the jackpot last night. Enormous Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Friday night
Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 01:15 AM
The projected jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing was $216,000,000. According to Mega Millions, no player hit every number and the jackpot went to an estimated $234,000,000. The lump-sum cash payout will be a projected $$105.1 million up for grab. The numbers drawn Tuesday night, August 19th, 2025 were 10-19-24-49-68 and the Mega Ball was 10, Megaplier was .
Though there was no jackpot winner Tuesday evening, some players still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were a total of 6 3rd prize lucky winners. These included 6 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 133 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 433 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 prize tiers, there were 487,964 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions can be played in 43 states and D.C. It holds the record biggest jackpot in North American lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back towards the players in prize winnings. About 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Approximately 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. To play Mega Millions, pick 5 numbers from a set of 70 and pick a Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one 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, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This results in different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three jurisdictons. For instance, the second Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 105,237 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $6,612 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2 to $54,869, with an average of $15,240 payout.
- 74 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $411 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $172 to $1,021, with an average of $496 payout.
- 155 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $218 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $126 to $338, with an average of $206 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, August 19th, 2025's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Aug 19, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 6 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 133 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 433 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 9,641 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 9,336 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 68,156 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 156,277 |
| Tue Aug 19, 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 | $6,612 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $411 | 74 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $218 | 155 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 4,070 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 3,977 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 29,093 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 67,864 |
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