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Big Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Tuesday night
Updated: Saturday, March 8, 2025 12:30 AM
No player picked all the Mega Millions 6 numbers for Friday, March 7th, 2025 (that includes you) and the $233,000,000 jackpot will continue to grow larger. No worries. That just gives us all an opportunity to win an even bigger Mega Millions game top prize when the upcoming drawing happens on Tuesday, March 11th, 2025. By then the estimated jackpot is expected to rise to $256,000,000. The cash value stands at $$119.5 million up for grab. The numbers drawn Friday night, March 7th, 2025 were 08-20-48-58-60 with Mega Ball number 07 and Megaplier X3. Nobody won the Mega Millions grand prize in the past fourteen draws since Tuesday, January 21st, 2025.The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in AZ, matched all six numbers for a $0 million top prize.
While there was no grand prize winner Friday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. There was a single ticket that matched the first five lotto numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) bought in WA will collect $1,000,000 cash each.
In addition, 9 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday night included 229 tickets that matched four white numbers and won $500. 670 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With 9 prize levels, there were a total of 1,184,504 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, March 7th, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players in prize winnings. Approximately 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. Around 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings are held 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. The overall 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 jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may select one lump-sum cash payout instead.
As opposed to other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This results in different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three lotteries. One example is, 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 states.
There were 84,552 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $19,393 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,470 to $54,869, with an average of $15,061 payout.
- 38 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $574 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $774, with an average of $467 payout.
- 128 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $193 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $275, with an average of $204 payout.
To find if you are one of the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Friday, March 7th, 2025's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Mar 07, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $233,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 229 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 670 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 14,423 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 14,544 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 119,597 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 306,494 |
| Fri Mar 07, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $233,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $779,978 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $19,393 | 1 | | 4 of 5 | $574 | 38 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $193 | 128 | | 3 of 5 | $11 | 2,659 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 2,696 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $3 | 22,065 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 56,965 |
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