Mega Millions jackpot increases to $70,000,000 Tuesday, July 8th, 2025; 1 second prize ticket sold

California Mega Millions Payout and News
Updated: Saturday, July 5, 2025 01:14 AM

The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot has climbed to an estimated $70,000,000 dollars after there was no grand prize winner in Friday's drawing. The cash option stands at an estimated $$31.3 million. The winning numbers from Friday night, July 4th, 2025 were 17, 20, 24, 41, 42 with Mega Ball number 24 and Megaplier x. The Mega Millions grand prize has been rolling over for 29 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.

Although the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with large winnings. There was a sole second prize winning ticket from Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching all 5 numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) bought in GA will collect a million dollar cash each.

Other prizes won Friday evening included 6 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Also, 99 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. Other prizes won included 323 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $200.

With 9 different ways to win, there were 380,644 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, July 4th, 2025 drawing.

Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners can select one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.

In contrast to other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This results in different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in California when compared to those sold in other forty three 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 does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.

There were 73,823 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 $6,305 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $3,637 to $54,869, with an average of $14,726 payout.
  • 56 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $388 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $172 to $922, with an average of $491 payout.
  • 105 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $230 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $126 to $338, with an average of $206 payout.

Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, July 4th, 2025's drawing:

  • Detailed Draw Results For California



Fri Jul 04, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S.
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball$00
5 of 5$01
4 of 5 + Megaball$06
4 of 5$099
3 of 5 + Megaball$0323
3 of 5$07,448
2 of 5 + Megaball$06,898
1 of 5 + Megaball$052,760
Megaball Only$0122,787


Fri Jul 04, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball$43,000,0000
5 of 5$00
4 of 5 + Megaball$6,3053
4 of 5$38856
3 of 5 + Megaball$230105
3 of 5$93,117
2 of 5 + Megaball$92,817
1 of 5 + Megaball$620,229
Megaball Only$547,496


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