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No one matched all six numbers. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot goes to $496,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 01:30 AM
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions drawing built to $496,000,000 for the Friday drawing. The lump-sum cash payout stands at $$232.6 million up for grab. No ticket sold for Tuesday's $473,000,000 drawing matched 6 winning numbers. The numbers from Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 drawing were 07, 21, 53, 54, 62 and the Mega Ball was 16, Megaplier was .
Although the jackpot was not awarded Tuesday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. A total of 9 lucky tickets won the third prize. These included 9 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Additional winners Tuesday night included 193 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 504 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 prize levels, there were 591,842 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions can be played in 43 states and Washington DC. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back towards the players in prize winnings. About 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. About 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix to randomly choose winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times but not jackpot. The overall chances of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can choose one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This results in different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other states. For example, 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, CA state lottery does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 131,550 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.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $9,110 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 $14,201 payout.
- 105 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $399 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 $524 payout.
- 238 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $196 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 $204 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Mar 03, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 193 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 504 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 11,556 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 10,302 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 79,255 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 194,102 |
| Tue Mar 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 | $9,110 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $399 | 105 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $196 | 238 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 5,159 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $11 | 4,508 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 34,780 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 86,756 |
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