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The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing skyrockets to $680,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 12:55 AM
Without a big winner in the last drawing, the Mega Millions multistate lottery game has carried over the grand prize to $680,000,000 for Friday night's drawing. The cash option stands at a projected $$318.2 million up for grab. No player hit all six numbers to win the $650,000,000 grand prize Tuesday. The next Mega Millions lottery drawing is going to be at 10:59 PM Friday night. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night, October 21st, 2025 were 02-18-27-34-59 and the Mega Ball was 18, Megaplier was . There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 60 draws since Friday, March 28th, 2025.One lucky player from IL won the $344 million top prize in Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 drawing.
Though the grand prize was not awarded Tuesday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. There was only one lucky player that matched the first five white ball numbers and won the second prize. The one lucky ticket(s) purchased in , each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 11 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Other prizes won Tuesday evening included 261 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 760 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 different prize levels, there were 873,918 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, October 21st, 2025 drawing.
Mega Millions game is played in 43 states and Washington DC. It holds the record largest jackpot of $656 million in United States lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players through prizes. Approximately 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. About 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) system from which winning numbers are chosen. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can select one time lump sum cash payout option instead.
In contrast 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 fixed amount. This causes different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other 43 Mega Millions states. For example, the 2nd 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 have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 169,364 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 5 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $9,011 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 $15,193 payout.
- 87 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $595 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 $518 payout.
- 253 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $227 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 $208 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Tuesday, October 21st, 2025's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Oct 21, 2025 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $0 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 11 | | 4 of 5 | $0 | 261 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 760 | | 3 of 5 | $0 | 17,551 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 15,753 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 119,744 | | Megaball Only | $0 | 282,878 |
| Tue Oct 21, 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 | $9,011 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $595 | 87 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $227 | 253 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 6,857 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 6,097 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $6 | 47,419 | | Megaball Only | $5 | 108,646 |
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