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Friday's Mega Millions jackpot leaps to $125,000,000; 1 ticket won the second prize
Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 01:56 AM
The lottery official announced that the Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025, Mega Millions drawing resulted in a rollover, generating an $125,000,000 jackpot for the next drawing Friday. The cash value stands at an estimated $$56.9 million. The numbers from Tuesday night, December 23rd, 2025 were 15, 37, 38, 41, 64 with Mega Ball 21 and Megaplier . There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 78 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.
While the grand prize was not awarded Tuesday evening, some people still walked away with big money. There was only one 2nd prize winner from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching all 5 white ball numbers except the Mega Ball number. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in will collect $1,000,000 cash each.
Also, 8 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional winners Tuesday evening included 184 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 527 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine ways to win, there were 670,066 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It holds the record largest jackpot in North American lottery history. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can select one lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This causes different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in California when compared to those sold in other forty three states. For example, the second 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 offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 139,125 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.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $458,818 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 $707,023 payout.
- 64 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $659 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 $513 payout.
- 241 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $195 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 $207 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Dec 23, 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 | 8 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 184 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 527 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 12,139 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 10,963 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 88,340 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 222,871 |
| Tue Dec 23, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $458,818 | 2 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $659 | 64 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $195 | 241 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 5,394 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 4,676 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 37,264 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 91,484 |
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