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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $60,000,000; 2 tickets matched the first 5 numbers
Updated: Saturday, March 14, 2026 01:50 AM
The Mega Millions lottery grand prize increased since no one matched all five white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball number from Friday night's $50,000,000 drawing. The next jackpot moved to $60,000,000 for Tuesday night's drawing. The cash value stands at $$27.1 million. The numbers from Friday night, March 13th, 2026 were 06-19-36-40-55 with Mega Ball 09 and Megaplier x. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing for 101 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in IL, matched all six numbers for a $344 million top prize.
While the grand prize was not hit Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There were 2 lucky winners correctly matched all five lotto numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the second prize. The 2 lucky ticket(s) sold in , each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Other prizes won Friday night included 8 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Friday night included 115 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 323 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine prize tiers, there were a total of 395,992 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, March 13th, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium involving 44 state lotteries. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prize winnings. Roughly 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. To play, pick 5 numbers from a set of 70 and choose a Mega Ball number from a set of 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The overall chances of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions grand prize are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners may choose one time lump-sum cash payout instead.
As opposed to other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in California when compared to those sold in other Mega Millions states. For instance, the second Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery does not offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 76,589 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $15,186 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 $13,948 payout.
- 64 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $329 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 $522 payout.
- 150 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $156 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 $203 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, March 13th, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Mar 13, 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 | 115 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 323 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 7,058 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 6,982 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 55,010 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 128,498 |
| Fri Mar 13, 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 | $15,186 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $329 | 64 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $156 | 150 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 2,665 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 2,665 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 21,803 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 49,238 |
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