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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot moves to $576,000,000; 1 ticket matched the first five numbers
Updated: Saturday, July 4, 2026 01:34 AM
The grand prize in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game has been rolled up to $576,000,000. The cash value stands at $$253.9 million. The prize amount was rolled over because no one matched all 6 winning numbers in Friday's $542,000,000 drawing. The next Mega Millions drawing is Tuesday night. The numbers drawn Friday night, July 3rd, 2026 were 05, 09, 29, 47, 57 with Mega Ball 16 and Megaplier . The Mega Millions grand prize has been growing for 133 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.One lucky winner from IL walked away with $344 million jackpot in Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.
Although the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with big money. There was a single ticket that correctly matched all 5 lotto numbers and won the second prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) bought in won a million dollar cash each.
Also, 5 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional winners Friday evening included 242 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 554 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine ways to win, there were 676,678 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, July 3rd, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 participating states as a shared jackpot game. It holds the record highest jackpot in North American lottery history. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players in prize winnings. Roughly 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. About 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. To play, select 5 numbers from 1 to 70 then pick one Mega Ball number from a set of 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the original winnings 2 to 5 times but not grand prize. The odds of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners can choose one lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other 43 lotteries. 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 does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 140,538 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 3 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $12,924 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2 to $59,857, with an average of $13,715 payout.
- 139 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $320 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $185 to $1,234, with an average of $523 payout.
- 226 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $219 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.
To find out if you are among the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, July 3rd, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Jul 03, 2026 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 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 242 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 554 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 14,768 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 12,198 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 91,120 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 219,451 |
| Fri Jul 03, 2026 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 | $12,924 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $320 | 139 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $219 | 226 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 6,154 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 5,186 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 38,257 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 90,573 |
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