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Massive Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Friday night
Updated: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 01:26 AM
Nobody picked all the Mega Millions five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number for Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 (that includes you) so $253,000,000 jackpot will continue to grow larger. No worries. That just gives us all a chance to win an even bigger Mega Millions game prize when the next drawing happens on Friday, August 29th, 2025. By then the estimated jackpot is going to move to $277,000,000. The cash option will be $$124.6 million. The winning numbers from Tuesday night, August 26th, 2025 were 07-12-30-40-69 with Mega Ball number 17 and Megaplier X.
While the grand prize was not awarded Tuesday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. There were two lucky winners matched all five numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The two lucky ticket(s) bought in FL,MS, each won one million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Also, 2 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Other prizes won Tuesday night included 209 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 561 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine prize tiers, there were 580,866 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. can be played in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players through prize winnings. Approximately 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Roughly 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may choose one lump-sum cash payout instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other states. Such as, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 127,556 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $17,323 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 $15,197 payout.
- 66 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $603 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 $500 payout.
- 214 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $207 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 $207 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, August 26th, 2025's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Aug 26, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 2
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| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 209 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 561 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 13,033 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 10,573 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 79,978 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 186,075 |
| Tue Aug 26, 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 | $17,323 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $603 | 66 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $207 | 214 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 5,555 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 4,379 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 34,789 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 82,551 |
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