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A single player in JackpotWinners walked away with $980,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing
Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2025 01:56 AM
One ticket purchased in JackpotWinners was the only one that correctly matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball to claim the $980,000,000 multistate Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. The numbers drawn Friday night, November 14th, 2025 were 01-08-11-12-57 and the Mega Ball was 07, Megaplier was . The holder of the winning ticket will now have to determine to either take the 30 equal annual payments with annual payment about $37.69 million before taxes, or the one time cash option in the amount of $452.2 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a safe 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 does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the grand prize awarded on Friday, Mega Millions produced a lot more happy winners walked away with big money. There was a single second prize winning ticket from Friday night's drawing, matching the first 5 lotto numbers except the Mega Ball number. The one lucky ticket(s) sold in , each won one million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 48 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 975 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 2650 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine different prize tiers, there were 2,225,883 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, November 14th, 2025 drawing.
The jackpot of next Mega Millions lottery drawing goes to an estimated $50,000,000 with a $$23.2 million cash value Tuesday night.
Mega Millions can be played in 43 states and Washington DC. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix to randomly choose winning numbers. The overall odds 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 grand prize is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can select one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
As opposed to other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three states. For instance, 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 states.
There were 395,695 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.
- 7 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $13,277 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2 to $54,869, with an average of $15,766 payout.
- 362 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $295 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $216 to $1,021, with an average of $516 payout.
- 923 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $128 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $126 to $338, with an average of $207 payout.
To find if you are among the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Friday, November 14th, 2025's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Nov 14, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1
JackpotWinners
| | 5 of 5 | $0 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 48 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 975 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 2,650 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 51,899 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 45,916 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 315,934 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 695,518 |
| Fri Nov 14, 2025 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 | $13,277 | 7 | | 4 of 5 | $295 | 362 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $128 | 923 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 18 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $7 | 16,098 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 111,717 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 248,475 |
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