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The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing skyrockets to $331,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 01:43 AM
Without a grand prize winner in the last drawing, the Mega Millions multistate lottery game has carried over the jackpot to $331,000,000 for Friday night's drawing. The cash option will be $$145.2 million up for grab. No player matched all 5 white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number to win the $311,000,000 jackpot Tuesday. The next Mega Millions drawing is going to be at 10:59 PM Friday night. The numbers from Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 drawing were 01, 05, 49, 51, 59 and the Mega Ball was 07, Megaplier was .
Though there was no jackpot winner Tuesday evening, some people still walked away with big money. There were a total of 5 3rd prize lucky winners. These included 5 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Also, 144 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. 450 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With 9 ways to win, there were a total of 582,498 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 drawing.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) system from which winning numbers are chosen. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one lump sum cash payout instead.
Not like other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other Mega Millions states. Such as, 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 doesn't offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 128,846 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $14,992 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 $13,773 payout.
- 79 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $436 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 $520 payout.
- 170 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $225 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 $207 payout.
To find if you are one of the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Tuesday, May 26th, 2026's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue May 26, 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 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 144 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 450 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 8,948 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 10,095 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 79,121 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 192,486 |
| Tue May 26, 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 | $14,992 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $436 | 79 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $225 | 170 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 4,139 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 4,341 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 35,676 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 84,439 |
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