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A single ticket in JackpotWinners won $60,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing
Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 01:56 AM
Somebody in JackpotWinners won the $60,000,000 Mega Millions lotto drawing Tuesday night. The numbers from Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 drawing were 04, 11, 18, 38, 50 and the Mega Ball was 24, Megaplier was . The winner can either take a cash option worth $27.1 million before taxes, or choose to receive 30-year annuity option with annual payment in the amount of $2.31 million before taxes. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, put it in a safe place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to select the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Besides the jackpot hit on Tuesday, March 17th, 2026, Mega Millions created a lot more pleased winners walked away with big money. 4 third prize winning tickets were sold across the U.S.. These included 4 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 121 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. There were 375 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 different prize tiers, there were a total of 194,889 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 drawing.
The grand prize of next Mega Millions lotto drawing will be $50,000,000 with a $$22.6 million cash value Friday, March 20th, 2026.
Mega Millions is a consortium involving 44 state lotteries. It holds the record highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Approximately 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players through prize winnings. Roughly 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The odds of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions grand prize are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can select one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in California when compared to those sold in other Mega Millions states. Such as, the second Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery doesn't offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 70,725 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 3 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $5,935 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 $13,431 payout.
- 48 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $426 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.
- 168 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $135 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 $202 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, March 17th, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Mar 17, 2026 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1
JackpotWinners
| | 5 of 5 | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 121 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 375 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 7,757 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 7,086 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 5 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 0 |
| Tue Mar 17, 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 | $5,935 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $426 | 48 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $135 | 168 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 2,928 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $8 | 2,790 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 20,057 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 44,731 |
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