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Enormous Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Tuesday night
Updated: Saturday, January 24, 2026 01:56 AM
The Mega Millions game jackpot increased since nobody hit all 5 white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number from Friday night's $266,000,000 drawing. The next grand prize jumped to $285,000,000 for Tuesday night's drawing. The cash option will be an estimated $$128.6 million. The numbers drawn Friday night, January 23rd, 2026 were 30-42-49-53-66 and the Mega Ball was 04, Megaplier was . There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 87 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.
Although the grand prize was not awarded Friday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were two second prize winners from Friday night's drawing, matching all five white ball numbers except the Mega Ball number. The two lucky ticket(s) purchased in , each won one million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Additional prizes won Friday night included 8 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Friday evening included 100 tickets that matched 4 lotto numbers and won $500. There were 387 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 prize levels, there were 536,232 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, January 23rd, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states and Washington DC. It holds the record highest jackpot in United States lottery history. Around 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prizes. About 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70+1/25 system from which winning numbers are chosen. The chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of winning Mega Millions jackpot are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout option instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a set value. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other 43 jurisdictons. For example, the 2nd 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 doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 101,499 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 5 of 5 and won $421,926 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 $734,324 payout.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $6,707 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 $15,240 payout.
- 25 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $1,234 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 $526 payout.
- 186 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $184 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 $205 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, January 23rd, 2026's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Jan 23, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 2 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 8 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 100 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 387 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 8,753 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 8,072 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 68,828 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 181,966 |
| Fri Jan 23, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $421,926 | 3 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $6,707 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $1,234 | 25 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $184 | 186 | | 3 of 5 | $12 | 3,335 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $12 | 3,007 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 26,628 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 68,311 |
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