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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot rises to $60,000,000; One ticket matched the first five numbers
Updated: Saturday, December 6, 2025 01:10 AM
Wall Street is not the only place where fortunes are made and lost these days. One fortune will be up for grabs on Tuesday, when Mega Millions game has $60,000,000 on the line. The lump-sum cash payout stands at $$27.4 million. Mega Millions' jackpot went up because no player hit all 6 winning numbers drawn Friday night. The numbers drawn Friday night, December 5th, 2025 were 34, 38, 42, 44, 69 and the Mega Ball was 08, Megaplier was . The Mega Millions jackpot has been rolling over for 73 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.A single lucky winner from IL walked away with $344 million jackpot in Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.
Even though there was no grand prize winner Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There was a single lucky winner matched all five white ball numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The one second prize winning ticket(s) bought in will collect $1,000,000 cash each.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 2 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday evening included 101 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 311 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine different prize levels, there were a total of 403,164 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, December 5th, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions can be played in 43 states and Washington DC. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize starts at $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may select one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
Not like other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This results in different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in California when compared to those sold in other forty three Mega Millions states. By way of example, the second Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 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 participants.
There were 74,939 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $2,552,480 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 5 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $60,407 to $2,552,480, with an average of $712,711 payout.
- 48 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $433 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $185 to $1,021, with an average of $507 payout.
- 89 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $260 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $94 to $407, with an average of $208 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, December 5th, 2025's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Dec 05, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 101 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 311 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 6,464 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 6,295 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 51,199 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 137,209 |
| Fri Dec 05, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $2,552,480 | 2 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $433 | 48 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $260 | 89 | | 3 of 5 | $11 | 2,322 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 2,289 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 19,207 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 50,982 |
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