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A single winner from IL took $344,000,000 grand prize from the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night
Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 01:21 AM
Somebody is celebrating in IL, and for good reason. A single ticket has won the jackpot from the most recent Mega Millions lotto drawing. Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing worth $344,000,000 was sold in IL. The identity of the newest millionaire has not been determined, nor has the location of the ticket purchase. The numbers from Tuesday night, March 25th, 2025 were 01-05-17-39-62 with Mega Ball 08 and Megaplier X2. The winner can take a cash option worth $161.5 million before taxes, or decide to receive 30-year annuity option with yearly payment in the amount of $13.23 million before taxes. The jackpot winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to choose 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.
In addition to the jackpot won on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, a lot more players took home with huge pile of cash. There was a sole second prize winner from Tuesday night's drawing, matching the first five white ball numbers except the Mega Ball number. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in FL will collect a million dollar cash each.
Additional major winners Tuesday night included 11 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Tuesday night included 277 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 770 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 different ways to win, there were a total of 1,239,780 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.
The next Mega Millions lottery top prize is estimated at $20,000,000 for Friday, March 28th, 2025. The cash option will be $$9.2 million.
Mega Millions lottery is played in 43 states and Washington DC. It holds the record largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prizes. Around 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70+1/25 system from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The overall 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 starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners may select one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This results in different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three states. By way of example, the second 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 doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 96,796 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $11,794 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 $15,499 payout.
- 67 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $396 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 $470 payout.
- 178 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $169 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 Tuesday, March 25th, 2025's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Mar 25, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $344,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 11 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 277 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 770 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 19,548 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 18,171 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 134,980 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 314,365 |
| Tue Mar 25, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $324,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $333,833 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $11,794 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $396 | 67 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $169 | 178 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 3,716 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $8 | 3,578 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $3 | 26,918 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 62,337 |
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