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No jackpot winning ticket sold last night. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot increases to $28,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 01:06 AM
Wall Street is not the only place where fortunes are made and lost these days. One fortune is going to be up for grabs on Friday, when Mega Millions game has $28,000,000 on the line. The lump-sum cash payout will be $$12.5 million. Mega Millions' grand prize went up because no one hit all 6 numbers drawn Tuesday night. The winning numbers from Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 drawing were 27-30-56-64-65 and the Mega Ball was 22, Megaplier was 4.
While the jackpot was not hit Tuesday evening, some people still walked away with large winnings. There were a total of 9 third prize lucky winning tickets. These included 9 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Other prizes won Tuesday night included 134 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. 367 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With nine prize levels, there were 666,222 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 participating states as a shared jackpot game. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This causes different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in California when compared to those sold in other forty three jurisdictons. For instance, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar 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 46,867 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 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $14,368 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,470 to $54,331, with an average of $13,899 payout.
- 22 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $637 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $645, with an average of $471 payout.
- 66 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $241 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $269, with an average of $202 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Tuesday, January 21st, 2025's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Jan 21, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 134 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 367 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 8,955 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 8,221 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 65,628 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 170,817 |
| Tue Jan 21, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $773,215 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $14,368 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $637 | 22 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $241 | 66 | | 3 of 5 | $12 | 1,578 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 1,547 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 12,238 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 31,414 |
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